See a man with dirt on his hands grease on his shirt with a farmers tan
Bent over the hood of an old K10
Every night he does his best, against time and weather and neglect
On American steel that's seen better days
Some people like that truck, Get left out in the rain
But what comes next is up to you and me
Just like diamonds and rust
What a little time and pressure does
The soul of a man don't change
Just gets distilled or decays away
And the years they fly by, Time gets hard don't wonder why
It's what stays the same and what's gone in the blink of an eye
Just like diamonds and rust
See the glint on that wedding band staring out the window at her man
Working on a place to call their own
Times weren't always so good and the tears fell more often than they should
But their love like that diamond carries on
Just like that wedding band, doesn't matter where you began
Bout how it turns out in the end
Just like diamonds and rust
What a little time and pressure does
The soul of a man don't change
Just gets distilled or decays away
And the years they fly by, Time gets hard don't wonder why
It's what stays the same and what's gone in the blink of an eye
Just like diamonds and rust
And when those hands hold the hand that holds, that diamond ring
You can still see the shine, through all the years gone by
Just like diamonds and rust
What a little time and pressure does
The soul of a man don't change
Just gets distilled or decays away
And the years they fly by, Time gets hard don't wonder why
It's what stays the same and what's gone in the blink of an eye
Just like diamonds and rust
