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Can't Take it With You

from Moving On With You (Remastered) by Dan Whitaker

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All these singers are hanging around
don't know the way up from the way down
everyone wants their fifteen minutes of fame
and I won't be the one to say who's to blame
it's always the same

I'll tell you the reason, if you want to know
there's always an answer
but you can't take it with you when it's time to go

there's this young guy who plays a guitar
spends half of his life wishing he was a star
but he works all the day with a copy machine
and it's sucking his soul and it's making him mean
it's always a scene

you can think that you'll keep it
or pretend you don't know
but there's always a wake up
and you can't take it with you when it's time to go

now there's a wedding but they can't find the bride
someone said that they saw her leave with her pride
it don't always go down the way that you thought
you don't always get what you thought you just bought
it happens a lot
there's vultures above us, snakes down below
you can walk down the middle
but you can't take it with you when it's time to go
no, no, no

it's always around you at any old time
it's free for the picking, it don't cost a dime
but don't get so smart to think it'll stay
as easy as it comes it'll go away

now there's a river running through the air
it's only a muse, it's there if you care
some take your money and they show you the stairs
some make a claim and they say that it's theirs
and I wonder who cares
the last piece of the puzzle has sunk down below
you can look if you want to
but you can't take it with you when it's time to go
no, no, no
you can't take it with you when it's time to go

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from Moving On With You (Remastered), released January 8, 2021
Dan Whitaker - acoustic guitar, vocals

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Dan Whitaker Austin, Texas

Songwriter Dan Whitaker is a lifelong musician with over 30 years performing and 14 albums of original songs to his name. Noted for his “smooth world-wise voice” and well-crafted tunes, he recently relocated from his longtime home Chicago to start a new chapter in Texas, where his outsider ways seem to fit right in. ... more

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