Diamond Days - Eric Bibb

Some days you get diamonds

Some days nickels and dimes

Some days life’s a poem

Some days nothing rhymes

Some days you’re a winner

Some days you lose

Some days all you’re doing is paying dues

On a Wednesday I was playing in a biker bar outside Topeka

On that Friday I was playing on a blues cruise, going to Dominica

Ebbs and flows, like the tide

Some days you get diamonds

Some days nickels and dimes

Some days sparkle

Some days nothing shines

Some days you’re given

Some days you choose

Some days all you’re doing is paying dues

Tonight I’m sleeping in a 5-Star hotel, Wouldn’t ask for more

But I remember I wound up many a night sleeping on a stranger’s floor

Sometimes you walk, sometimes you ride

Some folks treat you like something under their shoe, ain’t nothin' new

Others greet you like a holy prophet, now what you gonna do'

You try to take it all in stride

'Cause some days you get diamonds

Some days nickels and dimes

Some days you’re out of tune

Some days it all chimes

Some days you’re grinnin'

Some days you’re frownin, ' the blues

Some days all you’re doing is payin' dues

Some days all you’re doing is payin' dues