Don’t try to possess me   I’ll slip from your grasp   the things that you seek   have already passed   in rushing to own everything that’s in sight   nothing is left   no, not even your life      You can’t take it when you go   that’s something that you oughta know   Love isn’t counted in gold   only in heart and soul      Lies can’t hurt   at least that’s what you say   but there’ll be confusion   as sure as night turns to day   truth is a feeling you just can’t deceive   life’s an illusion   when you don’t believe      You can’t take it when you go   that’s something that you oughta know   Love isn’t counted in gold   only in heart and soul      repeat      over and over   day after day   life’s precious moments are wasting away   if dreams are the schemes on which future’s are made   dream on sweet dreamer   til you reach your grave      You can’t take it when you go   that’s something that you oughta know   Love isn’t counted in gold   only in heart and soul