Take `em Away Lyrics

Take `em Away lyrics

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Take ‘em away, take ‘em away, Lord 

Take away these chains from me 

My heart is broken ‘cause my spirit’s not free 

Lord take away these chains from me 



Some birds’ feathers are too bright to be caged 

I know I’m not that colorful but a bird just the same 

Open up your gate now, let me put down my load 

So I can feel at ease and go back to my home 



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Sun beatin’ down, my legs can’t seem to stand 

There’s a boss man at a turnrow with a rifle in his hand 

I’ve got nine child, nothin’ in the pan 

My wife she died hungry while I was plowin’ land 



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Can’t see when I go to work, can’t see when I get off 

How do you expect a man not to get lost 

Every year I just keep getting deeper in debt 

If there’s a happy day, Lord, I haven’t seen one yet 



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Land that I love is the land that I’m workin’ 

But it’s hard to love it all the time when your back is a-hurtin’ 

Gettin’ too old now to push this here plow 

Please let me lay down so I can look at the clouds 



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Land that I know is where two rivers collide 

The Brazos the Navaso and the big blue sky 

Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon vines 

Of any place on God’s green earth, this is where I choose to die 



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