In Other Words/Success
Success
Success, oh word so ill-defined,
Oh word that means the same to few!
A myriad meanings all combined
Are rolled in you.
Oh word that means the same to few!
A myriad meanings all combined
Are rolled in you.
Is it success to have great wealth
And all the pleasures it will bring?
Or is it poverty and health,
As many sing?
And all the pleasures it will bring?
Or is it poverty and health,
As many sing?
Is it success to own estates,
Vast areas of mines and land,
To have the pow’r to mock the fates;
Supremely grand;
Vast areas of mines and land,
To have the pow’r to mock the fates;
Supremely grand;
To have a house with all the things
That luxury and taste desire;
Treasures to which the richest kings
May well aspire.
That luxury and taste desire;
Treasures to which the richest kings
May well aspire.
A beautiful and noble wife,
To have, to hold and to caress—
Is this—are these the things of life
That make Success?
To have, to hold and to caress—
Is this—are these the things of life
That make Success?
Has he the great, the true success
If Love and Fame and Wealth are his—
Is this the way to Happiness?
You bet it is.
If Love and Fame and Wealth are his—
Is this the way to Happiness?
You bet it is.