[Introduction]   /     /   [Verse 1] If teardrops were diamonds and only mine were used They could pave every highway coast to coast and not be close to thru     If teardrops were diamonds cold blue And if heartaches were rubies stacked up just like stones There’d be a mountain 10 miles high built by mine alone If heartaches were rubies mine alone You might begin to understand the price love has to pay for being wrong [Instrumental]                 [Verse 2] If sad thoughts were emeralds but not counting inbetween Just half the ones I’ve had today could turn the whole world green     If sad thoughts were emeralds and the world’d turn green You might just get the message that there’s more to loneliness than can be seen [Outro] If teardrops were diamonds and only mine were used