YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT
Thomas "Fats" Waller / S Spencer   1938

as rec by Thomas "Fats" Waller & his Rhythm  
June 13th 1939 London

also rec by Adelaide Hall w Thomas "Fats" Waller  '38 London


You can't have your cake and eat it,
You can't have my love and cheat it;
You can make me fall, that's true,
Honey chile I'm tellin' you,
But you can't have your cake and eat it!

You can't have a dime and spend it,
You can't take my heart and lend it;
I'm persistent and precise,
Listen to my good advice,
You can't have your cake and eat it!

Don't be selfish with affection,
Give it all to me!
If you want a sweet connection,
Stop pickin' cherries off my cherry tree!

You can't have your cake and eat it,
You can't have my love and cheat it;
If you don't stop bein' blind,
To your sorrow you will find
You can't have your cake, no!
You can't have your cake, no!
You can't have your cakeand eat it!

Don't be selfish with affection,
Give it all to me!
If you want a sweet connection,
Stop pickin' cherries off my cherry tree!

'Cause you can't have your cake and eat it,
You can't have my love and cheat it;
If you don't stop bein' blind,
To your sorrow you will find
You can't have your cake,
You can't have your cake,
You can't have your cakeand eat it, no!
You can't have your cakeand eat it!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - September 2009)