[Verse 1]
Nineteen words of sorrow
Side by side were strung
Way out across the alley
Where a long, broken strand of pearls was flung
Between her teeth she held a note
From a choked and broken chord
As the last sad song was finally sung
And she stole away
With the breath that flowed across her velvet tongue

[Verse 2]
A shining strand of pearls
Washed up on the shore
Far out on the ocean
Waves pound against her kitchen door
A deal has been struck
The tables have been turned
A chair is kickеd aside across the floor
The futurе and the past
Long-lost lovers when they met
Are never to be parted anymore

[Chorus]
Jewels of the midnight sky
Ten thousand diamond tears she cried
A grain of sand carried on the tide
Lay buried deep within her sigh
Jewels of the ocean wide
Now in darkness to abide
Everything has slipped through her hands
A shining pearl from a grain of sand

[Verse 3]
We close our eyes
And see how the angels fly
Just below ill-fated knots
Their trembling hands have tied
What you are taking
What you are leaving
A world of sorrow
A world of grieving
A careful thief to leave no trace
The crashing waves beneath your feet could not erase

[Chorus]
Jewels of the midnight sky
Ten thousand diamond tears she cried
A grain of sand carried on the tide
Lay buried deep within her sigh
Jewels of the ocean wide
Now in darkness to abide
Everything has slipped through her hands
A shining pearl from a grain of sand
Everything has slipped through her hands
A shining pearl from a grain of sand