Diamonds In The Rough - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, June Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs

While walking out one evening

Not knowing where to go

Just to pass the time away

Before we gave that show

I met a little mission band

Singing with all its might

I gave my heart to Jesus

And left the show that night

The day will soon be over

And the begging will be done

No more gems be gathered

So let us all press on

When Jesus comes to claim us

And he says it is enough

The diamonds will be shining

No longer in the rough

While reading through the Bible

Such wondrous sights I see

I read of Peter, James and John

By the Sea of Galilee

And Jesus when he found them

Oh, he found them mighty tough

And they were precious diamonds

He gathered in the rough

The day will soon be over

And the begging will be done

No more gems be gathered

So let us all press on

When Jesus comes to claim us

And he says it is enough

The diamonds will be shining

No longer in the rough