| As each long day rolls by and falls behind me
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| In the lonely night, there’s a peacefulness I’ve found
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| Though I’m weary even then when I rise to start again
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| There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
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| I have wasted all that life has laid before me
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| I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown
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| But I shall not disavow all these ties that bind me now
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| There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
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| Shining down some day I know brighter than all the streets of gold
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| When the burdens that I carry I will lay down
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| And the sorrows I have known, I’ll see them all be overthrown
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| There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
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| With the passing of the years, I will grow stronger
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| Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning round
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| Then the closer I will be to my sweetest victory
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| There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown |