Take 'em Away Lyrics - Singles - Old Crow Medicine Show

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 

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 

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 children, nothin' in the pan 

My wife she died hungry while I was plowin' land 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

Land that I know is where two rivers collide 

The Brazos the Navaho 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 

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