Can't Have Your Cake

When I was a young boy, my mama would say "Son, you ain't always gonna get your way Times will be good, times will be bad You ain't always gonna get a winning hand" "Son," she always said, "You gotta stand tall Even when it looks like you'll take a fall Life is short and sometimes sweet Get out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat" Everything she said was true My mama never was a fool Just live your life by the going rule I guess it's true what they say Really true what they say I guess what mama said was true Can't have your cake and eat it too, babe Daddy chomp a belly So I'm gonna pass baby the blues She wants to visit both worlds But honey, you gotta choose She wants to learn that she wants cabinet Mama never was a fool Taught me all of the rules Catch a ride on the falling star Everything she said was true My mama never was a fool Just live your life by the going rule I guess it's true what they say Really true what they say I guess what mama said was true Can't have your cake and eat it too, babe I never doubted any word my mother said With all the sinning running round Inside my head (Whoo-hoo!) (Hey) Everything she said was true My mama never was a fool Just live your life by the going rule I guess it's true what they say Everything she said was true Mama never was a fool Just live your life by the going rule I guess it's true what they say Really true what they say I guess what mama said was true Can't have your cake and eat it too, babe Can't eat it Oh, no-no, no no-no no no-no (you can't eat it) Can't have your cake and eat it too