Can't Take It With You When You Go

You can't take it with you when you go (no) No, you can't take it with you when you go Collect your silver, collect your gold But in the end, what will you have to show? 'Cause you can't take it with you when you go (go) I was born at quarter to two in the morning In the best suit I ever worn With my first breath, I sang out a warning To the world I had arrived And I cried out when I first saw the light I was blinded I had been so in love with the darkness But adjustment is just part of life And everywhere I looked, everything was changing And every moment, a new face was appearing And steering me, clearing my path to the next phase Of the maze of unfolding awakening, shaking me And then I drank from the heart of my mother And heard the song from the soul of my father And further I flew and into this new world of opportunity Moving me, forming and informing me, so Tell me, teach me, show me everything I need to know 'Cause you can't take it with you when you go (yeah, baby) I was a punk little teenager tormenting my mother With all the mistakes I made Yeah, but I never once put a possession over a person That's just how I was raised And I labored in a full time job for minimum wage But my savior was this guitar Said aloha to these new slave traders I'll never again waste another drop of perspiration On a corporation no matter what they pay, no And I don't need no Christmas bonus, I don't need no raise 'Cause it won't do you no good in your grave (no, it won't) No, it won't do you no good in your grave Go break your back, go on, slave away To count your coins up at the end of the day But it won't do you no good in your grave (no) And when I grew into what they refer to as a man I was told I had to have a plan I never really understood why Oh, but I told them I would try It seems this system is just designed To make you want shit you don't really need Fill your heart with greed Plant a seed of separation in your soul Just remember, happiness can not be bought or sold And you can't take it with you when you go (No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no) Children listen please, yo, let me say my piece, oh Growing up is a disease, don't you catch it, yeah Can't take it with you when you go (yeah) No, you can't take it with you when you go Collect your silver, collect your gold But in the end, what will you have to show? 'Cause you can't take it with you when you go (no) You can take my love with you when you go (c'mon) And I'll take your love with me when I go And hand in hand, we'll leave this land And go wherever the trade winds blow And we'll take this love with us when we go