(Paul Kelly)



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 TV 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 around the block

Long before your starting time

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 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