If there's a diamond in my mind Will it dwindle down to naught Or will it always be defined If I can fix it with my heart So I'm returning to the place That I might look into your eyes And look so hard that I can taste That winter sun that never sets That swallow caught up in the nets The perfect chorus when it hits Don't slam the door, boy When you leave Was heading northward when I saw That empty house out in the mist And there are traces left for sure On every mouth you ever kissed So I'm returning to the word [Incomprehensible] between the lines Where I might dutifully record The blue within your seagull stare That funny ways you had to care For every little thing beyond compare Don't slam the door, boy When you leave So now I'm calling in the gulf And you went walking with the wolf Hey boy, you really brought it on yourself And don't slam the door now When you leave The strangest foe we ever faced Is stalking every stage you graced Is crushing diamonds into paste Don't slam the door, boy When you leave Don't slam the door boy When you leave