The “Diamonds In Her Eyes” Story

Here is the Story Behind the Song Diamonds In Her Eyes from my new “Rise” album. I thought you might enjoy it:

It was in my early twenties when I found myself driving down the California coast with a buddy of mine. We were having the greatest of times exploring, hiking, camping, and just seeing what we’d run into each day of our week long journey.

We happened to get hungry and needed gas while passing through a little known town, or should I say “village” right along the edge of the Pacific. We got our of our van and wandered into a local restaurant and got a bite to eat..

On the way out I got a nudge to walk across the street and check out one of the gift shops. As soon as I entered, this beautiful, glowing young woman walked straight up to me, looked deeply into my eyes and in a very soothing, soft-spoken way said “Hi; where are you from, and where are you going?”

What amazed me about her was how calm she was, and how glistening and bright her eyes were! I’d actually never seen anything like it before. She looked right into my eyes for ten minutes as we talked comfortably, and actually ended up holding each others hands, face to face, by the time I remembered I should probably let my buddy know where I had gone. So I excused myself and said “Hey I better run; my buddy’s going to think I disappeared on him! I’ll certainly remember you. Thanks for hanging out like this and everything!”

It was a uniquely exciting experience for the young lad I was at the time, because it was all so innocent and spontaneous; a fond memory I’ve kept tucked away.

I made my way back to the van, where he was impatiently waiting, and as we pulled out onto the road again I told my friend exactly what had happened back there. “Wow! What was her name?!” he adventurously chimed. I said “I don’t know, but she sure had diamonds in her eyes!” “Cool! How come stuff like that never happens to me?”

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