People they tell me 
 As they look upon my skin and bones 
 You're ragged and you're dirty 
 Hardly worth your weight in gold 
    For all of your suffering 
 No one gives a good goddamn 
 It's all about the money, son 
 We doubt you understand   
 Yodelay-ho 
 They say your diamond is too rough 
 Yodelay-ho 
 I'd never trade it for their love   
 Sometimes at night 
 I look upon the stars above 
 They never shine as bright 
 As my diamond in the rough   
 People they tell me 
 Just to give up and go on home 
 But to have no home to go to 
 Is something they'll never know   
 Yodelay-ho 
 They say your diamond is too rough 
 Yodelay-ho 
 I'd never trade it for their love   
 Yodelay-ho 
 They say your diamond is too rough 
 Yodelay-ho 
 I'd never trade it for their love   
 Sometimes I feel 
 Like I ain't getting nowhere 
 I'm walking down this road 
 With a burden I can't bear   
 I never let this world 
 Get too heavy on my shoulders 
 'Cause my diamond always will 
 Pull the weight that I'm under   
 Yodelay-ho 
 They say your diamond is too rough 
 Yodelay-ho 
 I'd never trade it for their love   
 Yodelay-ho 
 They say your diamond is too rough 
 Yodelay-ho 
 I'd never trade it for their love