Money Isn't Everything

Money isn't everything

What can money buy?

An automobile so you won't get wet

Champagne so you won't get dry

Money isn't everything

What have rich folks got?

A Florida home so you won't get cold

A yacht so you won't get hot

An orchid or two

So you won't feel blue

If you have to go out at night

And maybe a jar of caviar

So your appetite won't be light

Oil tycoon and cattle king

Radio troubadour

Belittle the fun that their fortunes bring

And tell you that they are sure

Money isn't everything

Money isn't everything

Money isn't everything

Unless you're very poor!

Can money make you honest?

Can it teach you right from wrong?

Can money keep you healthy?

Can it make your muscles strong?

Can money make your eyes red

The way they get from sewing?

Can money make your back get sore

The way it gets from mowing?

Can money make your hands get rough

As washing dishes does?

Can money make you smell the way

That cooking fishes does?

It buys you gems and fancy clothes

And juicy steaks to carve

But it cannot build your character

Or teach you how to starve

Money isn't everything

If you're rich, you pay

Elizabeth Arden to do your face

The night you attend a play

Feeling like a bloom of spring

Down the aisle you'll float

A Tiffany ring and a Cartier string

Of pearls to adorn your throat

Your Carnegie dress

Will be more or less

Of a handkerchief round your hip

Sewed onto you, so

That your slip won't show

And whatever you show won't slip!

To your creamy shoulders cling

Ermines white as snow

Then on to cafes where they sway and swing

You go with your wealthy beau

There you'll hear a crooner sing

"Money isn't everything!"

Money isn't everything

As long as you have dough!