A diamond has been hiding, buried in the earth And under constant pressure since the moment of her birth Miners try to find her to behold her precious gleam But darkness overtakes them and she was but just a dream Time is passing like a freight train through some lonely country town We can watch from behind our windows, wondering where it might be bound Or you could lie beside me, darling, in the candle's dancing glow Where the secret's just a gentle touch and the fine art of takin it slow We all keep our list of reasons to extinguish a burning love Fire's wild and needs constant tending; nothing ever is enough And we cannot know the future until the moment's past Take me back to the night I met you, before the spell was cast Time is passing like a freight train through some lonely country town We can watch from behind our windows, wondering where it might be bound Or you could lie beside me, darling, in the candle's dancing glow Where the secret's just a gentle touch and the fine art of takin it slow