Acres of Diamonds

[Verse 1]

You have a right to be rich, you've got no reason to be poor

You simply must have overlooked what you've been looking for

So step right up, my friends, cross your fingers, close your eyes

Let me introduce you to the poor man's paradise

[Chorus]

Acres of diamonds are there for the taking

Shining in the silver lining of a dream that comes true

Over the rainbow, three miles beyond Christmas

Acres of diamonds are waiting for you

[Verse 2]

My friends, I'm here to tell you love's the grandest thing on earth

You shouldn't worship money, except for all it's worth

'Cause if you take a man in love, give him some spending green

It won't be long 'fore he finds out what do-wah-diddy means

[Chorus]

Acres of diamonds are there for the taking

Shining in the silver lining of a dream that comes true

Over the rainbow, three miles beyond Christmas

Acres of diamonds are waiting for you

[Verse 3]

Now, over on the corner in the middle of the block

There's a stairway going nowhere built above a vacant lot

Where money grows on trees watered by a wishing well

This could be heaven or the Fontainebleau Hotel

[Chorus]

Acres of diamonds are there for the taking

Shining in the silver lining of a dream that comes true

Over the rainbow, three miles beyond Christmas

Acres of diamonds are waiting for you

[Verse 4]

Friends, if you've got the proper amount of determination

You can overcome almost any kind of a physical handicap

Why, I once knew a man that didn't have a tooth in his head

And yet that man learned to play a bass drum better than anybody I ever listened to

[Chorus]

Acres of diamonds are there for the taking

Shining in the silver lining of a dream that comes true

Over the rainbow, three miles beyond Christmas

Acres of diamonds are waiting for you