I was standin' with myself Didn't want nobody else At the time to tell me What to take and what to leave I saw an old man by the road Carrying a sack and all he owned In his eyes I saw Everyone I'd ever known Whatever road you're on (What will be will be) Whatever path you take (Whatever it takes I will see) Whatever heart you break (In every song and every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Write it down (Write it down, write it down) (Diamonds on each page) And I remember your sweet kiss The warm breath upon my lips In the hot summer then Before the first taste of autumn came And these are times gone but not lost There's an upside and a cost Maybe when you think of me Remember all that might have been Whatever road you're on (What will be will be) Whatever path you take (Whatever it takes I will see) Whatever heart you break (In every song every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Yeah Whatever world you're in (Whatever will be will be) When you come back home (Whatever it takes I will see) Remember I loved you then (In every song and every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Write it down Yeah Whatever road you're on (What will be will be) Whatever path you take (Whatever it takes I will see) Whatever heart you break (In every song and every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Whatever road you're on (What will be will be) Whatever path you take (Whatever it takes I will see) Whatever heart you break (In every song and every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Whatever road you're on (What will be will be) Whatever path you take (Whatever it takes I will see) Whatever heart you break (In every song and every note) Write it down (Diamonds on each page I wrote) Yeah Write it down