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Music City Roots. 263K subscribers. Subscribed. 2.1K. 194K views 8 years ago. Billy Joe Shaver performing "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal" at Music City Roots Live From The...
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Old Chunk Of Coal Lyrics: Hey, 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...
This performance was recorded in Los Angeles with Jeremy Woodall on guitar. This is one of the last studio recording session from Shaver before he died in 20...
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10 set 2012 · 94K views 11 years ago. Billy Joe Shaver performs "I'm Just an Old Chunk, But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday" live at the Farm Aid concert in New Orleans, Louisiana on September...
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In addition, Shaver's song I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal, was chosen as the closing music for Macdonald's posthumous Netflix comedy release of 2022 Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special. Death. Shaver died on October 28, 2020, from a stroke at the age of 81. Discography
"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" is a song written and originally recorded by Billy Joe Shaver. American country music artist John Anderson released the song in March 1981 as the first single from his album John Anderson 2. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
In this song, the Texas singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver tells a story of transformation, using the coal to diamond metaphor to represent his faith in Jesus, and the change he anticipates when he makes his transition.
