Hold back your diamonds and pearls

'cause the attraction's no good to me

Hold back your california girls

Your prescriptions and your limousines

Hold back your influential friends

For they are really not my type

'cause just as long as i've got my baby

I'll be alright



I'll be alright

Despite all the finer things

She'd have if she were monied

Like a rich girl

I'll be alright

Despite all the candy coloured things

The things that are so untrue



Hold back your perfumes so rare

'cause she smells like a rose untorn

Hold back your designer underwear

She's a beauty just the way she was born

She may not move like fred astaire

But her gingerly walk is out of sight

'cause just as long as i've got my baby

I'll be alright



I'll be alright

Despite all the finer things

She'd have if she were monied

Like a rich girl



I'll be alright

Despite all the candy coloured things

The things that are so untrue

I'll sing it for the last time y'all



Hold back your critical reviews

'cause my baby don't need the hype

We're happy just to pay our little dues

So get movin', get on your bike

'cause just as long as i've got my baby

If i can hold on and keep my baby

If i can just hold on and keep my baby

I'll be alright




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