Carnival World - Jimmy Buffett, Elliot Scheiner

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