///*****/// [Intro] A grate of steam on Seventh A voice under the bridge [Verse 1] There is a kid on the corner With a bucket and a beat And he plays the hell out of nothing For the change beneath his feet There is a woman selling roses That she rescued from a bin And she sells them at the crossing With a soaked and stubborn grin But there is more inside that corner Than in any golden book [Pre-Chorus] Because the ones who have the least of it Give the most of it away And they never call it beautiful And they do it every day [Chorus] There are diamonds in the gutter There is gold beneath the grey There is a light in every doorway That the world has thrown away Do not tell me where the treasure is I have seen it on the street There are diamonds in the gutter And they are shining under my feet Diamonds in the gutter [Verse 2] I came here with a suitcase And a bad guitar and a plan And the city took the plan from me And handed back a man I slept in a laundromat For a hard November week And a stranger left a coat for me And never let me speak He did not want a story He did not want a name He just saw a kid go under And he pulled him from the rain [Pre-Chorus] And I never got to thank him And I never will, I know So I leave a coat on Seventh Every time it starts to snow [Chorus] There are diamonds in the gutter There is gold beneath the grey There is a light in every doorway That the world has thrown away Do not tell me where the treasure is I have seen it on the street There are diamonds in the gutter And they are shining under my feet Diamonds in the gutter [Verse 3] Now they put me on a poster And they play me on the air And they ask me in the interviews What it means and if I care And I tell them about the bucket And the roses in the rain And the coat in the laundromat And they never print the same Because it does not sell like leather And it does not shine like gold But it is the only thing I ever wrote That was worth the being told [Pre-Chorus] So look down at the crossing When the light goes red and long There is a whole cathedral down there And it has been singing all along [Bridge] You will not find it in the tower You will not find it in the deed You will find it in the giving Of a hand that also bleeds Every saint I ever met Had holes inside their shoes [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] There are diamonds in the gutter There is gold beneath the grey There is a light in every doorway That the world has thrown away Do not tell me where the treasure is I have seen it on the street There are diamonds in the gutter And they are shining under our feet Diamonds in the gutter [Coda] So drop it in the bucket And take a rose home too And look the woman in the eye Because she is looking straight at you And when the snow comes down in December Leave a coat upon the stair Somebody did it once for me And I am standing here [Outro] A grate of steam on Seventh A voice under the bridge Singing something beautiful Singing something beautiful
