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