"Come," Beckons Fortune To A Little Child
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver, and Gold"
"Come," Beckons Fortune to the Child as they grow,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver, And Gold"
Troubles Come, Trespass Forbidden One is Cast Out
Of One's heaven, One's Home-- and Still Fortune Calls,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver, and Gold"
Yet Life Grows Harder and many fall by the wayside
Troubles engulf Oneself like the little boat at Sea
And Still The Servants Are Scraping Away at Grime,
And Still The Bakers Rise Before Morning
And Still The Dangers Lurk In The Corners of Shadows
Hope is A Guiding Star to a ship at Sea,
Yet We Find Ourselves facing a dilemma, for
"Come," Beckons Fortune to The Artists and Dreamers,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver And Gold"
Madness Claims many of these souls' lives as they seek and still,
"Come," Beckons Fortune To The Manual Workers And Laborers,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver, and Gold"
Meanwhile so many are falling, going hungry and homeless, yet still.
"Come," Beckons Fortune to the Mothers and Fathers,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver, and Gold"
On and on through life we seek these things
Yet Further And Further, The Fewer and Fewer Are Even Alive!
"Come," Beckons Fortune to the Business People,
"We Shall Have Diamonds, Silver And Gold"
And What Is To Come of this wishing, but a mirage,
For No one ever Attains Diamonds, Silver or Gold
Without leaving behind kindness, Virtue, and The Love of God
Fortune is the Devil taunting us all, making us each feel poor,
Yet in this hysteria at this point Jesus Calls, a Still Small Voice,
"Come," Beckons Jesus, "My Yoke is Easy and My Burden Light!"
"Is Not The Kingdom Of God Worth More Than
Diamonds, Silver and Gold?"  And We Listen
We Grow Old and Sickness and Infirmity Comes,
And Sadness, and Despair, Yet Jesus Whispers in our Hearts,
"There Are Greater Thins Than Diamonds, Silver and Gold!"
"Carry You Crosses, Greivous To Bear, Ye Are My Saints!"
And We Do.  Fortune is the devil and it is a mirage.
Listen to your own little heart, and nothing else.
Be Good, Virtuous and Kind and Brave, Carry Your Crosses,
There are Things at Work Mightier than
Diamonds, Silver And Gold.  Be Ye Not Fooled By Satan.
Walk The Straight and Narrow Path, and Inherit Heaven!
In Jesus' Name, Amen.////