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