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Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal,
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,
I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect,
I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face.
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day,
Lest I should become vain along the way.
I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord,
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day.
I'm gonna learn the best way to walk,
I'm gonna search and find a better way to talk
I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self,
'Til I get rid of ev'ry single flaw.
I'm gonna be the world's best friend,
I'm gonna go 'round shakin' ev'rybody's hand
Hey I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' rage of the age,
I'm gonna be a diamond some day.
Now I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord,
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,
I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect,
I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face.
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day,
Lest I should become vain along the way.
Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord,
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day.
- Album:
- Long in the Tooth
- Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
- Tramp on Your Street
- Miscellaneous
- Unshaven - the Live Album
- Storyteller (Live at the Bluebird 1992)
- The Essential Billy Joe Shaver
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live from Austin, TX: Outlaw Country
- Greatest Hits
- 2003-10-04: Smith’s Olde Bar, Athens, GA, USA
- 2009-12-03: The Melting Point, Athens, GA, USA
- Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits
- Honky Tonk, Vol. 1
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973-1987
- Waylon Jennings: The Red River Tribute
- When I Get My Wings
- The Complete Columbia Recordings
- The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made...