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 yout of the kitchen if you can't take the heat

everything she said was true

my mama never was a fool

gotta live your life by the golden 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

mutha said

with all the sinnin runnin'

round my head

everything she said was true

my mama never was a fool

gotta live your life by the golden rule

i guess its true what they say

everything she said was true

mama never was a fool

gotta live your life by the golden 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