If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich?

If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? - Louis Jordan

You bragging all about the things you can do

Every time you make a pitch

If you're so smart

How come you ain't rich

You claim to have picked every horse that won

Cause you know just which is which

Yes if you're so smart

Tell me how come you ain't rich

Henry built the ford and made his pile

Woolworth used his five and ten

Rockerfeller's wealth came from standard oil

And waterman's came from a pen

You claim it all came from consulting you

Isn't that a brand new switch

If you're so smart

How come you ain't rich

Mention work and you go berserk

Cause you hate to do a stitch

If you're so smart

How come you ain't rich

You're out for a ride on the road to fame

Yet you wind up in a ditch

Mmm hmm if you're so smart

Tell me how come you ain't rich

Hershey started with a chocolate bar

Wrigley with a stick of gum

Planters took his peanuts and travelled far

Now tell me what you doing chum

I been hearing all about all your big ideas

Since you started what's the hitch

You never made ten dollars yet

Still you say you can balance the national debt

If you're so smart

How come you ain't rich