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Artist: Burton Cummings
Canonical path: /burton-cummings/take-one-away
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Take One Away
Read Take One Away lyrics by Burton Cummings on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Take One Away
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TAKE ONE AWAY
One cloudless morning was it day or night
The sun and the moon were bright
Take one away
Two holy sisters in the desert dry
From the weight the old mule will die
Take one away
Oh mama I think it's time you knew
The day I first came to you
I was dead on arrival
Now I can hear you pleading on the radio
Mama I've joined the church you know
And I've been passing out bibles
Take one away
Three babies conceived she couldn't afford them all
The curtain begins to fall
Take one away
Five o'clock in the morning ... oh just an hour ago
She might have been alive you know
But they took one away
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Burton Cummings performs "Take One Away", and this lyric page sits inside the Burton Cummings catalog on LyroVerse.
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