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Facets of the Diamond

from Livin On Gold Street by Ben Mastwyk

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lyrics

He came up from the city
To explore a little country
Takin’ in everythin’
That he could could hear them folks singin’

Every facet of the diamond
Every angle to the old sound
With every song that he found
He filed it away

And he swore that he’d come back some day
And chip away at that town
Get back down with the old crowd
He met along the way

But the city held him down
In a life too rough to mention
And he rarely gave attention to
The troubles of his heart

Yeah but city life was busy
As city life can be
Makin’ money, makin’ honey
With the lovers going around
Yeah but a every now and then you know
He’d pour himself a whiskey
And pick away at his guitar
Until he found that sound

And he swore that he’d come back some day
And chip away at that town
Get back down with the old crowd
He met along the way

But the city held him down
In a life too rough to mention
And he rarely gave attention to
The troubles of his heart

A song has a way of holdin’
Things you’re barely even knowin’
And the facets of the diamond
Reflect pieces of the heart

But he never hit that highway
‘Cos the city had its own way
But the songs he left behind him
Traveled on beyond the dark

And he swore that he’d come back some day
And chip away at that town
Get back down with the old crowd
He met along the way

But that city held him down
In a life too rough to mention
And he rarely gave attention
To the trouble’s of his heart
And he rarely gave attention
To the trouble’s of his heart

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from Livin On Gold Street, released March 26, 2021

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Ben Mastwyk Melbourne, Australia

"The songs are rich with meaning and truth…real and raw, just as true country music should be”.
Samuel J. Fell. Rhythms Magazine

Mastwyk plunges headlong into Seventies country-soul glam with lashings of cosmic American pedal steel and psych-guitar glitz.
Country Update

“Mastwyk conjures up the spirits of Conway Twitty and George Jones through well told stories of the heart.”
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