Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't make it serious, life's too mysterious You work, you save, you worry so But ya can't take your dough when you go, go, go Keep repeating "It's the berries The strongest oak must fall" The sweet things in life to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you've never owned Life is just a bowl of cherries So live and laugh at it all Life is just a bowl of cherries, that's right Just don't make it serious, life is too mysterious You work and you save, and, baby, you worry so But you can't take nothin' with you when you go, go, go So keep repeating "It's the berries The strongest oak must fall" Now, the sweet things in life to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you've never owned Oh, life is just a bowl of cherries So live while you're livin' And laugh, baby, laugh at it ll