(原詩)

One for the money
One song I'm writing for you
And if you can't take me with you girl
Take this Melody for a Memory

Love in the morning
Love in the late afternoon
It's not the best I can give you girl
Take this Melody for a Memory

If you can't take me with you
You'll have to take a part of me
If you can't take me with you
Now all I want to give you girl
If you can't take me with you
Take a Melody for a Memory
(Take part of me, take part of me)

She cried when he left her
Her eyes went black with the blue
The infrequent letters
The sooner the better
The cold distant phone calls
Gonna have to do

If you can't take me with you
You'll have to take a part of me
If you can't take me with you
Oh all I want to give you girl
If you can't take me with you
Take a Melody for a Memory
(Take part of me, take part of me, etc)

(interlude)

Yeah, if you can't take me with you
You'll have to take a part of me
If you can't take me with you
Oh and all I want to give you girl
If you can't take me with you
Take a Melody for a Memory

If you can't take me with you, oh ooh oh
You'll have to take a melody
(take part of me, take part of me)
Now all that I can give, all I want to give
If you can't take me with you
You'll have to take a part of me
(take part of me, take part of me)
It's not the best to give you girl
If you can't take me with you
You'll have to take a memory, it's a part of me
All I wanna give you girl
If you can't take me with you
Memory, with you
All I want to give you