(intro)     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 everybody’s face.                   But 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.                  I’m gonna learn the right way to talk I’m gonna search and find a better way to walk                   I’m gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self   until I get rid of every single flaw.         I’m gonna be the world’s best friend I’m gonna go round shaking everybody’s hand                     I’m gonna be the cotton-pickin’       Rage of the Age                  yes I’m gonna be a diamond some day.                  I said        I’m just an old chunk of coal now Lord             but I’m gonna be a diamond some day.