… but i’ll be a diamond some day …

I’m just an old chunk of coal
Written and originally recorded by Billy Joe Shaver

John Anderson Talks Entering the Country Music Hall of Fame

Hey, I’m just an old chunk of coalBut I’m gonna be a diamond some dayI’m gonna grow and glow ’til I’m so blue pure perfectI’m gonna put a smile on everybody’s face
I’m gonna kneel and pray every dayLest I should become vain along the wayI’m just an old chunk of coal now, LordBut I’m gonna be a diamond some day
I’m gonna learn the best way to walkI’m gonna search and find a better way to talkI’m gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self‘Til I get rid of every single flaw
I’m gonna be the world’s best friendI’m gonna go ’round shaking everybody’s handHey, I’m gonna be the cotton pickin’ rage of the ageI’m gonna be a diamond some day
Now I’m just an old chunk of coalBut I’m gonna be a diamond some dayI’m gonna grow and glow ’til I’m so blue pure perfectI’m gonna put a smile on everybody’s face
I’m gonna kneel and pray every dayUnless I should become vain along the wayHey, I’m just an old chunk of coal now, LordBut I’m gonna be a diamond some day

Amen.

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