You Can't Take It When You Go Lyrics - The Columbia Years: The Definitive Anthology - Dave Mason

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 

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 

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 

Over and over, day after day 

Life's precious moments are wasting away 

If dreams are the schemes on which futures are made 

Dream on sweet dreamer until 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