Life Lessons [Verse 1] possessions are fleeting you hold them awhile they fade and they tarnish degrade in a pile

stacked up on a shelf all covered in dust forgotten and unloved starting to rust

[chorus] those things that we bought long ago brought home from a fabulous show items of value, or worth nothing at all we keep on the shelves in the hall once in awhile we may look and remember the joy that it brought but the years have passed by and we're no longer sure why we thought it should be here at all

[verse 2] memories are fleeting they come and they Go the things might remind us sometimes yes, sometimes no

taking them down to clean and to dust to pack up and donate seems so unjust

[bridge] the things we collect through the years reminders of joys or of tears now edited for the next stage of life and reduced to a precious few

[chorus] you can't take it with you, the old saying goes hard to face when you're going through it Yet in letting go, we find release A lighter heart, a sense of peace For what remains, the treasures true Are not in things, but me and you Memories live on in hearts so wide A wealth that stays, when we're side by side.