Mary Hopkin All the Diamonds song lyrics

All the diamonds in this world

That mean anything to me

Are conjured up by wind and sunlight

Sparkling on the sea.

I ran aground in a harbor town

Lost the taste of being free.

Thank God, He sent some gull chased ship

To carry me to sea.

Two thousand years

And half a world away

Dying trees still

Grow greener when you pray.

Silver scales flash bright and fade

In reeds along the shore.

Like a pearl in a sea of liquid jade

His ship comes shining.

Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns

His ship comes shining.