Carnival World
By: Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Jay Oliver
1989
My father always said that there`s no free ride
You`ve got to make a sacrifice
So many prophets on the Lord`s side
Even your soul has got a price
But talk is cheap
It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax man`s knockin` on your door
Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
Too many hawkers on this travelin` show
Everybody`s got somethin` to sell
Bootleg Swatches, cardboard Gucci gear
Watch your step at the wishing well
But talk is cheap
It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax man`s knockin` on your door
Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
`Fore it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
What`s mine is mine
If it`s only one thin dime
My cash was always meant to flow
Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride
There`s no free ride
There`s no free ride
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