(God has my fortune laid away)
Oh, the world is full of people
With money just to burn
Affording all the things in life for
Which a man might yearn
Some can take life easy but I
Live from day by day
God has my fortune laid away
I search for sunshine every day but
There always comes the rain
The hope over my horizon was
Smoke without a flame
Pockets that stay empty dreams that go astray
God has my fortune laid away
(God has my fortune laid away, laid away)
Oh, how often I have wondered why
Some things have to be
Some people live in riches while
Some live just like me
The more I try to work and save
The more I have to pay
But God has my fortune laid away (Laid away)
I search for sunshine