Beggar on a Beach of Gold - Mike + The Mechanics

I didn’t know when I was lucky

Discontented feeling bad

Filled with envy

For possessions other people had

I found my pride had always hurt me

I fought the world to gain control

Not realizing

I was sitting on a beach of gold

Oh Lord, I’m a poor man

With all the riches I can hold

I’m just a beggar

And I’m sitting on a beach of gold

And all the problems I encountered

Gave me strength, helped me sustain

To feel the pleasure

First I had to heal the pain

When I was searching for solutions

I found the answer laid in me

I’m just a drifter

But I’m drifting on a silver sea

Oh Lord, I’m a poor man

With all the riches I can hold

I’m just a beggar

And I’m sitting on a beach of gold

I didn’t have courage

My life was as dark as night

When alone in the darkness

I saw the brightest light

Let the light shine down

Let it shine, let it shine

Let it shine, shine down

Oh yeah

Are you out there now on empty

Feel there’s nothing left to give

Are you sick of trying

And have you lost the will to live?

Don’t be drowning in the shallows

With the beach so near at hand

Hear the voice say, «Stand up, get up

And join me on the gilded sand»

Come and join me on the beach, oh yeah

With all the riches I can hold

I’m just a beggar

And I’m sitting on a beach of gold

Oh Lord, I’m a poor man

With all the riches I can hold

I’m just a beggar

And I’m sitting on a beach of gold

With my family all around me

I’ve all the riches I can hold

I’m just a beggar

And I’m sitting on this beach of gold

Come and join me on the beach yeah