` diamonds `

People say she's crazy
She's got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Well that's one way to lose these walking blues
Diamonds on the soles of your shoes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
- written by Paul Simon and Joseph Shabalala


"Track 5 of Graceland features some great, inventive bass guitar work, brass, steady percussion and, of course, Ladysmith Black Mambazo providing fantastic background vocals to start and end the track.

The phrase “diamonds on the soles of her shoes” is full of imagery and symbolism when you consider the idea of placing something as valuable as a diamond on the part of the shoe that always touches the ground. It’s almost quite literally “walking on money” and even more so “trashing money”.

The entire song becomes an allegory of when two extremes start to blend together. "

- from the website: Genius

.. EXPLORE .. 04 Sept 2015