Randy Crawford

She only smiles, He only tells her that she's the flowers, the wind and spring

In all her splendour sweetly surrendering The love that innocence brings

Almaz, pure and simple, born in a world where love survives, Now men will want her

'Cause life don't haunt her Almaz, You lucky lucky thing

Now I watch closely and I watch wholly, I can't imagine love so rare

She's young and tender, but will life bend her I look around is she everywhere

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He throws her kisses She shares his wishes, I'm sure he's keen without a doubt

With love so captive, so solely captive, I ask if I could play the part

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Almaz, You lucky lucky thing, Almaz, You lucky lucky thing

"Almaz" was written about a couple of Eritrean refugees who were neighbours of the Crawford's. The man asked Crawford to write a song about his wife, who was named Almaz (which means "diamond" in Amharic, Arabic and a number of other languages). In the song, the singer reflects on their rare form of love. In Crawford's own words, "I witnessed this perfect love affair between them, although she was considerably younger than him. This beautiful couple with their baby. As refugees they were looking for 'a world where love survives'."