You might have a happy family, nice house, fine car
You might be successful in real estate
You could even be a football starYou might have a prime time TV show
Seen in every home and bar
But you can't take it with youYou might own a great big factory
Oil wells on sacred land
You might be in line for promotion
With a foolproof retirement planYou might have your money in copper
Textiles or imports from Japan
But you can't take it with youYou 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 eyeYou might have a body of fine proportion and a hungry mind
A handsome face and a flashing wit
Lips that kiss and eyes that shineThere might be a lot all around the block
Long before your starting time
But you can't take it with youYou 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 eyeYou might have a great reputation so carefully made
And a set of high ideals
Polished up and so well displayedYou might have a burnin' love inside
So refined, such a special grade
But you can't take it with youNo, you can't take it with you
No, no, you can't take it with you
Songwriters
KELLY, PAUL MAURICEPublished by
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