Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you terrific tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today we feature "Diamond in the Rough" from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin. The song is the story of a woman yearning to recapture the magic of her youth. In the catchy reprise, she sings, "You're shining. I can see you. You're smiling. That's enough. I'm holding on to you like a diamond in the rough." One reviewer described Colvin's lyrics as "rhythmic words that invite the listener to share in a diary of private thoughts and personal visions. Colorful descriptions and metaphors of joy, despair, dreams and the past let the listener become part of the experience." The song is the second track from Steady On, the artist's 1989 debut album — a highly acclaimed work that not only launched Colvin's career, but also won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1991. Colvin is best known for 1997's "Sunny Came Home," which earned Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In June 2012, the artist released a tell-all memoir, also called “Diamond in the Rough,” that she characterized as “a stick-with-it, keep-pushing-through survival story.” The book coincided with her first new studio album in six years. See Colvin's live performance of "Diamond in the Rough" (video at the end of this post). The lyrics are here if you'd like to sing along. "Diamond In The Rough" Written by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal. Performed by Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven only knows what went wrong There is nothing so cruel than to bury that jewel When it was mine all along I'm gonna find it You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Every now and then I can see that I'm getting somewhere Where I have to go is so deep I was angry back then and you know I still am I have lost too much sleep But I'm gonna find it You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Like a diamond in the rough Snake's in the grass Better step on the gas Snake's in the grass Better step on the gas Snake's in the grass Better step on the gas In my dreams I go down by the water With a little girl in my arms And we shimmer and sing And we know everything In my dreams I go down I go down, I go down, I go down You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Like a diamond in the rough

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