Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal But I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna grow and glow till I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray every day And last I should become vain along the way And 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 And I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough edged self Till I get rid of every single flaw
Yea, I'm gonna be the world's greatest friend I'm gonna go round shaking everybody's hand I'm gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age Yea, I'm gonna be a diamond some day
Now I'm just an old chunk of coal But I'm gonna be a diamond some day Hey and I'm gonna grow and glow till I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray every day And last I should become vain along the way Hey and I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day And yea, I'm gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age Yea, I'm gonna be a diamond some day