"Acres Of Diamonds" lyrics - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

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,
And let me introduce you to the poor man's paradise.

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.

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 ditty means.

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.

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 must be heaven - or the Fontainebleau Hotel.

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.

Friends, if you've got the proper amount of determination,
You can overcome almost any kind of 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.

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.