Love Can't Buy Money

[couchgrouch]

Love Can't Buy MoneyI'd put away my tools and punched out for the daywhen I saw his Caddy pull up to the curbhe rolled down his window cos he had somethin' to sayI stood there and listened covered in sweat and dirthe said, "I'll tell you one timeleave my daughter aloneyour wage ain't worth a dimeyour heart ain't a worthy homeand love can't buy moneycos it's made of wishes and dreamsit's just their reflectionin that engagement ringbut living that way will never payfolks don't understand money just can'tmoney can't buy love"I met you that night 'neath the old river bridgemy sad eyes told you what your father had saidyou kissed my foreheard and whispered "we may be kidsbut there's more to the future than getting aheadtime is there for the takinglife is heaven's free giftlove is ours for the makingso it don't matter iflove can't buy moneycos it's made of wishes and dreamsit's just their reflectionin this engagement ringand living that way may never payfolks don't understand money just can'tmoney can't buy love"well, honey me and you learned a thing or twoin twenty years or solove won't find a way...it is the wayeven thoughlove can't buy moneycos it's made of wishes and dreamsit's just their reflectionin our old wedding ringsand living that way may never payfolks don't understand money just can'tmoney can't buy love(c)2006 Robert George