I didn't know when I was lucky
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Discontented feeling bad
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Filled with envy
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For possessions other people had
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I found my pride had always hurt me
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Fought the world to gain control
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Not realising
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I was sitting on a beach of gold
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Oh lord I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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And I'm sitting on a beach of gold
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The problems I encountered
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Gave me strength helped me sustain
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To know the pleasure
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First I had to cure the pain
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When I was searching for solutions
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I found the answer lay in me
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I'm a drifter
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But I'm drifting on a silver sea
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Oh lord I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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And I'm sitting on a beach of gold
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I didn't have courage
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My life was as dark as night
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When alone in the darkness
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I saw the brightest light
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Let the light shine down
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Are you out there now on empty
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Feel you've nothing left to give
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Sick of trying
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Have you lost the will to live?
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Don't be drowning in the shallows
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With the beach so near at hand
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Hear the voice say
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Stand up get up
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And join me on the gilded sand
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Come and join me on the beach
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With all the riches I can hold
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Cause I'm a beggar
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And I'm sitting on a beach of gold
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Oh lord I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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I'm sitting on a beach of gold
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My children my salvation
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The father to this man
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They're my teachers
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Playing on the golden sand
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With my family all around me
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I've all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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Sitting on a beach of gold
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Oh lord I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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Sitting on a beach of gold
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A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold
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