Tough as Diamonds
'Cause I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
When I was only a kid
There was no clarity in the things I did
I just wanted to color outside the lines
I've been put into a mold
Like any ol' chunk of coal
And I may not be flawless
In your eyes
But I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
Ooh
I'm tired of running away
But now I'm no longer afraid
To shine brilliantly
I'm gonna shine
(I'm gonna shine)
To shine brilliantly
I'm starting to shine
'Cause I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
'Cause I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
I'm gonna shine in my own time
I will shine in my own time
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
When I was only a kid
There was no clarity in the things I did
I just wanted to color outside the lines
I've been put into a mold
Like any ol' chunk of coal
And I may not be flawless
In your eyes
But I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
Ooh
I'm tired of running away
But now I'm no longer afraid
To shine brilliantly
I'm gonna shine
(I'm gonna shine)
To shine brilliantly
I'm starting to shine
'Cause I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
'Cause I'm tough as Diamonds
You can't hold me down
I stand up to pressure
In this backwards town
Baby, you can try
To force me to change
I'm gonna shine in my own time
I'm gonna shine in my own time
I will shine in my own time
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher M Knudson, Laura Nichols, Birdie Nichols
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