Diamond in My Crown - Patty Loveless

As each long day rolls by and falls behind me

In the lonely night, there’s a peacefulness I’ve found

Though I’m weary even then when I rise to start again

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

I have wasted all that life has laid before me

I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown

But I shall not disavow all these ties that bind me now

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

Shining down some day I know brighter than all the streets of gold

When the burdens that I carry I will lay down

And the sorrows I have known, I’ll see them all be overthrown

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

With the passing of the years, I will grow stronger

Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning round

Then the closer I will be to my sweetest victory

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown