(words & music by john oates) 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 There'll be no words when i leave you girl Just a melody for a memory And if you can't take me with you Take this melody for a memory 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 Will have to do And if you can't take me with you Take this melody for a memory Take part of me, take part of me Take this melody for a memory