Old Chunk of Coal (tune covered by many, but it took a red dirt cowboy to pen it.).
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 green 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 Lord
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
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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 just an old chunk of coal
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
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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
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Bonus tale & tune of spousal separation and resulting masculine debauchery (may not be suitable for all audiences)