You Can't Take It With You Lyrics - Paul Kelly And The Messengers

Paul Kelly (Mushroom Music) 

You might have a happy family, nice house, fine car 

You might be successful in real estate 

You could even be a football star 

You might have a prime time T.V. show seen in every home and bar 

But you can't take it with you 

You might own a great big factory, oil wells on sacred land 

You might be in line for promotion, with a foolproof retirement plan 

You might have your money in copper, textiles or imports from Japan 

But you can't take it with you 

You can't take it with you though you might pile it up high 

It's so much easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye 

You might have a body of fine proportion and a hungry mind 

A handsome face and a flashing wit, lips that kiss and eyes that shine 

There might be a queue all around the block 

Long before your starting time 

But you can't take it with you 

You might have a great reputation so carefully made 

And a set of high ideals, polished up and so well displayed 

You might have a burning love inside, so refined, such a special grade 

But you can't take it with you