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   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 a beggar   And I'm sitting on a beach of gold      The problems I encountered   Gave me strength, helped me sustain   To know the pleasure   First I had to cure the pain      When I was searching for solutions   I found the answer lay in me   I'm 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 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      Are you out there now on empty   Feel you've nothing left to give   Sick of trying   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   With all the riches I can hold   'Cause I'm 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 a beggar   I'm sitting on a beach of gold      My children my salvation   The father to this man   They're my teachers   Playing on the golden sand      With my family all around me   I've all the riches I can hold   I'm a beggar   Sitting on a beach of gold      Oh Lord, I'm a poor man   With all the riches I can hold