A friend of mine called me up not long ago He knew me since I was knee high to a grasshopper But I evidently didn't give him the right answer because he said to me
Mink, schmink, money, schmoney Think your hot now don't ya honey What have you got if you haven't got love?
Silk, schmilk, satin, schmatin A penthouse high in old Manhattan That's not enough if you haven't got love
Happiness is not a thing that you can buy It takes loving, lotsa loving from the right guy
Pearls, schmearls, ermine, shmermen From Jim or Jack or Joe or Herman That's not enough if you haven't got love
Ring, schming, jewelry, schmellery Don't you know that's just Tom Foolery? What have you got if you haven't got love?
Cars, schmars and princes, schminces With caviar and chicken blintzes Don't mean a thing if you haven't got love
Love is just a simple thing that you can't buy You can't get it wholesale, darlin', why try?
Tips, schmips, angle, schmangle Play around and get entangled What have you got if you haven't got, haven't got love?