Cradlesong - Rob Thomas

Released in 2009 this is Rob Thomas second solo album. There are lots of great songs on this album but my favorite is Her Diamonds. The song references his wife Marisol's auto-immune disease and she sang backup on the track and also helped produce its arrangement.

Oh what the hell she says

I just can't win for losing

And she lays back down

Man there's so many times

I don't know what I'm doin'

Like I don't know now

By the light of the moon, she rubs her eyes

Says it's funny how the night can make you blind

I can just imagine

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do

But if she feels bad then I do too

So I let her be

And she says ooh I can't take no more

Her tears like diamonds on the floor

And her diamonds bring me down

Cause I can't help her now

She's down in it

She tried her best but now she can't win

It's hard to see them on the ground

Her diamonds falling down, way down

She sits down and stares into the distance

And it takes all night

And I know I could break her concentration

But it don't feel right

By the light of the moon, she rubs her eyes

Sits down on the bed and starts to cry

And there's something less about her

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do

So I sit down and I cry too

But don't let her see

She shuts out the night

Tries to close her eyes

If she can find daylight

Then she'll be alright, she'll be alright

Just not tonight