Take All You Want

Growing up in the depression Made Grandpa kinda tight He wouldn’t part with a wooden nickle Without a fight And when he married Grandma Sixty years ago, he said, Darlin’ there is something you should know Well you can take all you want But eat all you take Don’t fill up on salad When you went and ordered steak If you want to be at Heaven’s banquet Then you’ll have to clean your plate Take all you want, but eat all you take Now Grandma did the cooking And she did it well The scent would travel miles around Just like a dinner-bell And the family quickly multiplied But one thing we all knew At Grandpa’s house, there’s one thing You must do Well you can take all you want But eat all you take Don’t fill up on salad When you went and ordered steak If you want to be at Heaven’s banquet Then you’ll have to clean your plate Take all you want, but eat all you take Oh, the Good Book says you can’t live life On bread alone I reckon Grandpa knew his Bible well Cause every meal they served was like A smorgasbord Each time we went to visit I would swell Swell, swell Well one of these days old Grandpa Will leave this earthly vale And no one will give a second thought To where his ship will sail And when he meets old Peter At them pearly gates on high He’ll tell him with a hunger in his eye I’m gonna take all I want But I’ll eat all I take I won’t fill up on salad Cause I done ordered steak I’ve been waiting for Heaven’s banquet And I’m gonna clean my plate I’ll take all I want, but I’ll eat all I take Well you can take all you want But eat all you take Don’t fill up on salad When you went and ordered steak If you want to be at Heaven’s banquet Then you’ll have to clean your plate Take all you want, but eat all you take