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
Don't abandon life Don't step away Don't give up that tune That you never could play If you're folding your tent And the gas pipes groan If every bone
Hey, how about this? A little conversation tonight Thinking aloud how we struggled to find Our place in the dizzy heights Don't often do this We never
I want to be good, I want to be strong But I treated him bad, I've done him wrong I've taken his money, I'm given him hell And he takes it all 'cause
Well way down younder in the deep blue holler Yeah way back in the swamp where the snakes go crawlin' Shriveled old lady with a tombstone mouth
We have been gay going our way Life has been beautiful, we have been young After you've gone, life will go on Like an old song that we've sung When I
Up in the morning Work like a dog Is better than sitting Like a bump on a log Mind all your manners Be quiet as a mouse Some day you'll own a home That
Hey how about this A little conversation tonight Thinking aloud how we struggled to find Our place in the dizzy heights Don't often do this We never
I want to be good, I want to be strong But I treated him bad, I've done him wrong I've taken his money, I've given him hell And he takes it all 'cause
Well way down yonder In the deep blue holler Yeah way back in the swamp Where the snakes go crawlin' Shriveled old lady With a tombstone mouth Scarin
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