Take Em Away (Live at The Ryman)

[00:04.01] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[00:07.19] Take away these chains from me
[00:10.73] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[00:13.97] Lord take away these chains from me
[00:19.25] Some birds' feathers are too bright to be caged
[00:22.96] I know I'm not that colorful but a bird just the same
[00:27.01] Open up your gate now, let me put down my load
[00:30.21] So I can feel at ease and go back to my home
[00:33.97] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[00:38.21] Take away these chains from me
[00:41.19] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[00:44.71] Lord take away these chains from me
[00:48.69] Sun beatin' down, my legs can't seem to stand
[00:53.69] There's a boss man at a turnrow with a rifle in his hand
[00:57.31] I've got nine children, nothin' in the pan
[01:00.74] My wife she died hungry while I was plowin' land
[01:04.93] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[01:08.73] Take away these chains from me
[01:11.93] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[01:15.44] Lord take away these chains from me
[01:34.91] Can't see when I go to work, can't see when I get off
[01:37.79] How do you expect a man not to get lost
[01:41.53] Every year I just keep getting deeper in debt
[01:44.72] If there's a happy day, Lord, I haven't seen one yet
[01:48.42] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[01:52.45] Take away these chains from me
[01:55.80] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[01:59.28] Lord take away these chains from me
[02:05.55] Land that I love is the land that I'm workin'
[02:08.49] But it's hard to love it all the time when your back is a-hurtin'
[02:12.19] Gettin' too old now to push this here plow
[02:15.78] Please let me lay down so I can look at the clouds
[02:19.29] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[02:23.16] Take away these chains from me
[02:26.56] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[02:30.24] Lord take away these chains from me
[02:47.66] Land that I know is where two rivers collide
[02:52.49] The Brazos the Navaho and the big blue sky
[02:56.41] Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon vines
[02:59.67] Of any place on God's green earth, this is where I choose to die
[03:03.95] Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
[03:07.01] Take away these chains from me
[03:10.44] My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not free
[03:14.02] Lord take away these chains from me