I'll Be Alright Lyrics - Terence Trent Darby

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