I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal Songtext
von Billy Joe Shaver

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

I'm gonna kneel and pray every day
Lest I should become vain along the way

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

And I′m gonna learn the best words to walk
Gonna search and find a better way to walk
And I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough edged self
Until I get rid of every single flaw

Well, I′m gonna be the world's best friend
Gonna go round shaking everybody's hand, yeah


Well, I′m just and old chunk of coal now, Lord
But I′m gon' be a diamond some day
Yeah, I′m gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age
Yeah, I′m gonna be a diamond some day

Thank you, eh
I got a good buddy of mine, he's from up Loco Hills, New Mexico
And um, he uh, he came down one day and we went up to see his Grandfather
Up near Oklahoma City, his full blood endin′ and he was passin' on, is what happened, and...
On the way up there, the way it does in Oklahoma a lot, it'll go to thunder and clouds will come up
A little lightnin′, everythin′ and it won't rain

Anyhow, we got up there to, we got up there to Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City
And uh, and uh, what it is, we got a treaty with, uh, Indians, uh
The government has a treaty with ′em, they supposed to give 'em the best hospital care there is
But, uh, this old gentleman, he wound up in the women′s wing of an old folks home
Had, uh, looked like he endin' on a nickel, on his, layin′ down, had tubes runnin' in his nose
Anyhow, he passed on about five minutes and, uh
Went on up to Tulsa up there, and played a gig up there and...
Got to thank him about it and wrote this tune
It's called Oklahoma Wind, we gon′ do it for you