TAKE IT ALL AWAY (Fred J. Eaglesmith)
Contributed by: Fred Eaton

(Capo at 4th fret, play in C position)

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Well you run your hand through your dusty hair, and you're not sure what you should do,

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When it costs more to combine than they'll pay, there don't seem to be much use.
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She's in the kitchen over the books and calling just to see

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If you can stick it out, who needs it now, we'll wait another week.

Chorus:

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And the high-priced boys from Toronto, they sit over their second cup

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And they tell you when to milk those cows and when to dry them up,
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Tell you when to borrow money and they'll tell you when to pay.
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And when you can't they just come and they take it all away.


It's a business, not a lifestyle, that's what the banker said.
But he don't know about a family farm, it's just numbers in his head.
Three generations of the same name tacked up on the barn,
And there's no use trying to explain that a lifestyle's old and worn.

(Chorus) (Instrumental)

And you know you should, but you just can't stop, you can't quit going on.
You fix that tractor and you plant those crops, it's all you've ever done.
And they can take your cattle, they can take your corn, they can take your life apart,
Take your house, tear down your barn, but they'll never take your heart.

(Chorus)

And when you can't they just come and they take it all away.