Don't Take It Away

(Uhh, man, we gon' bust out this one-string Diddley Bow, now. It's gon' bark at you. Know what I'm sayin'?)

The thing I'm tryin' to be, is just bein' me The things I wanna hold onto, is the things I got for free One man to do their thing, one man who wanna sing Why you wanna [?], oh no, just don't take it away

(Yessir. Come on, man, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.)

The things that money buy, is just the things that money buy But the things that's really worth it, well, they make me feel alright When I get to, get to sang, when I get [?] thing [?] get to play [?] don't take it away

Don't take it away Hear what I say Don't take it away Hear what I say

(Hey, man, don't take it away. It's all I've got y'all It's all I've got. Don't take it away It's my soul we're talkin' 'bout here. It's what I do It's my soul, Lord.)

(Yeah, this is it up here, right here. Now I remember [?].)

See, the thing I'm tryin' to be, is just bein' me The things I wanna hold onto, is the things I got for free One man to do their thing, one man who wanna sing Why you wanna [?], oh no, just don't take it away

Don't take it away Hear what I say Don't take it away Hear what I say

(Don't take it away It's all I got Don't take it away It's all I got.)