Don't Take Away My Song

Take my breath away
Take my thoughts away
Take my love way
But dont-

Take my patience
Take my peace
Take my conscience
But dont take away my-
Dont take away my-

(Chorus)
Dont take my song
My hands of my speech
Dont take away my song
Till therere no notes to play or teach

Take my home away
Take my land away
Take my heart away
But dont-
Take my brother
Take my father
Take my friend away
But dont take away my-
Dont take away my-

(Chorus)
Dont take my song
My hands of my speech
Dont take away my song
Till therere 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
Im happy, Im 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)
Dont take my song
My hands of my speech
Dont take away my song
Till therere no notes to play or teach