(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.