Don’t Take Away My Song

Take my breath away
Take my thoughts away
Take my love way
But don t-

Take my patience
Take my peace
Take my conscience
But don t take away my-
Don t take away my-

(Chorus)
Don t take my song
My hands of my speech
Don t take away my song
Till there re no notes to play or teach

Take my home away
Take my land away
Take my heart away
But don t-
Take my brother
Take my father

Take my friend away

But don t take away my-
Don t take away my-

(Chorus)
Don t take my song
My hands of my speech
Don t take away my song
Till there re no notes to play or teach

Give me an oak box and some strings
Give me an upright and a bench
Place me on a corner and let me be
I m happy, I m happy

What is my voice without a melody
A tangled web of interchangeable complexities
What are these gifts without my hands
Grains of wood & sand, grains of wood & sand

(Chorus)
Don t take my song
My hands of my speech
Don t take away my song
Till there re no notes to play or teach