Diamond In the Rough

You've heard the way people talk about me Do you like the things they say Or do you find it disconcerting and unkind It's a joke I've learned to live with Being different from the crowd They'd like to polish me up Give me a trim, water me down, make me be like them But I'm a diamond in the rough A diamond in the rough Taking my time Deciding when to shine Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough I had hoped that you would love me Since I could fall in love with you Could we find our place in each other somewhere tonight Oh, I hope so Or has the talk decayed the beauty That we once began to find Would you like to polish me up Give me a trim, water me down, make me be like them I'm still a diamond in the rough A diamond in the rough Taking my time, deciding when to shine Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough, diamond in the rough