All I want is a new pair of shoes, that is all I pray Some old place I can go and lay my weary head Then I'm about satisfied, any old place to be For any old where I hangs my hat, is home sweet home to me I don't need no real estate, and neither no bond along All I want is a place to stay, I can call my home I say goodbye hard luck hello joy, here I come for tea For I didn't bring nothing to this old world, and I can't carry nothing away Some people want a lot of real estate, and some lot of bonds along Then when they die, leave it behind for someone to enjoy Then when you're dead lying in your grave, they'll pass by and smile Say yes indeed, don't you see, Johnny (?) left aside Then they'll hang around your loving home and make welcome to themselves (?) everything going their way I say goodbye hard luck hello joy, here I come for tea For I didn't bring nothing to this old world, and I can't carry nothing away I don't need no real estate, and neither no bond along All I want is a place to stay, I can call my home I say goodbye hard luck hello joy, here I come for tea For I didn't bring nothing to this old world, and I can't carry nothing away