Old Chunk Of Coal

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

Lest I should become
vain along the way

I'm just an old
chunk of coal now

instrumental

But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna learn the best way to walk

Gonna search and find
a better way to talk

I'm gonna spit and polish
my old rough edged self

Till I get rid of
every single flaw

I'm gonna be the
world's best friend

Gonna go round
shaking everybody's hand

I'm gonna be the cotton pickin'
rage of the age

I'm gonna be a diamond some day

I'm just an old chunk of coal
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day

Billy Joe Shaver