Lyrics and translation Johnny Cash - I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (with the Carter Family)

I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (with the Carter Family)

Я всего лишь старый кусок угля (с семьей Картер)

I'm just an old chunk of coal

Я всего лишь старый кусок угля, милая,

But I'm gonna be a diamond someday

Но однажды я стану бриллиантом.

I'm gonna grow and glow till I'm so blue pure perfect

Я буду расти и сиять, пока не стану безупречно голубым,

Gonna put a smile on everybody's face

И вызову улыбку на лице каждого.

I'm gonna kneel and pray every day

Я буду становиться на колени и молиться каждый день,

Lest I should become vain along the way

Чтобы не стать тщеславным на этом пути.

I'm just an old chunk of coal, now Lord

Я всего лишь старый кусок угля, Господи,

But I'm gonna be a diamond someday

Но однажды я стану бриллиантом.

I'm gonna learn the right words to talk

Я научусь говорить правильные слова,

Gonna search and find a better way to walk

Буду искать и найду лучший путь.

I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self

Я отполирую свой старый шершавый нрав,

Till I get rid of every single flaw

Пока не избавлюсь от каждого изъяна.

I wanna be the world's best friend

Я хочу стать лучшим другом для всего мира,

Gonna go around shaking everybody's hand

Буду ходить и пожимать всем руки.

I'm just an old chunk of coal, now Lord

Я всего лишь старый кусок угля, Господи,

But I'm gonna be a diamond someday

Но однажды я стану бриллиантом.

I'm just an old chunk of coal, now Lord

Я всего лишь старый кусок угля, Господи,

But I'm gonna be a diamond someday

Но однажды я стану бриллиантом.

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Album

Bootleg, Vol. IV - The Soul of Truth

date of release

30-03-2012

1 God Ain't No Stained Glass Window
2 Another Wide River to Cross
3 Never Grow Old
4 He's Alive
5 Believe in Him
6 Over the Next Hill (We'll Be Home)
7 Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend (with the Carter Family)
8 I've Got Jesus in My Soul (with the Carter Family)
9 This Train Is Bound for Glory (with the Carter Family)
10 Don't Give Up On Me
11 Keep Me from Blowing Away
12 Waiting On the Far Side Banks of Jordan
13 I'll Have a New Life
14 Over the Next Hill (We'll Be Home) [with Anita Carter & the Carter Family]
15 When He Comes (with Rosanne Cash & the Carter Family)
16 I Was There When It Happened (with Marshall Grant & the Carter Family)
17 You'll Get Yours and I'll Get Mine (with Rodney Crowell & the Carter Family)
18 I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way (with Jan Howard & the Carter Family)
19 Lay Me Down in Dixie (with Cindy Cash & the Carter Family)
20 I'm a Newborn Man (with the Carter Family)
21 That's Just Like Jesus
22 Strange Things Happening Everyday
23 What On Earth (Will You Do for Heaven's Sake)
24 The Old Rugged Cross (with Jessi Colter)
25 He Touched Me (with Rodney Crowell & the Carter Family)
26 I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (with the Carter Family)
27 Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There)
28 Back in the Fold
29 Half a Mile a Day
30 Wildwood in the Pines
31 What Is Man
32 Sanctified
33 Oh Come Angel Band
34 Would You Recognize Jesus
35 Way Worn Traveler (with Helen Carter)
36 Our Little Old Home Town
37 My Children Walk in Truth
38 Wings in the Morning
39 You're Drifting Away
40 Didn't It Rain
41 I Was There When It Happened

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