If I had a penny for every town I've known And if I had a nickel for every song I've sung If I had a quarter for every tear I've cried And if I had a dollar for every hurt I felt inside I'd be the richest The richest one in the world Richest one in the world If I had a ruby for every drop of blood You shed And if I had an emerald for every single debt Had a piece of silver for every sin You took And if I had a diamond for every beautiful truth in Your book I'd be the richest The richest man in the world Yes, I am (yes, I am) Yes, I am (yes, I am) I believe I am (yes, I am) Surely I am (yes, I am) When I was lost, a stranger to innocence When I was guilty in the face of such evidence When I was condemned, that's when the veil was rent When I was broken You came to my defense If I had a ruby for every drop of blood You shed And if I had an emerald for every single debt If I had a piece of silver for every sin You took Lord, if I had a diamond for every beautiful truth in Your book I would be the richest (I'd be the richest one) I would be the richest (I'd be the richest one) Lord knows I believe I am the richest (Yes, yes, the richest) I'm the richest one in the world Yes, yes, I am Lord, I'm the richest one in the world Oh, the richest one in the world I'm the richest one in the whole wide world