At the Purchaser's Option

Album: Freedom Highway (2017)
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  • I've got a babe but shall I keep him
    'Twill come the day when I'll be weepin'
    But how can I love him any less
    This little babe upon my breast

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    I've got a body dark and strong
    I was young but not for long
    You took me to bed a little girl
    Left me in a woman's world

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    Day by day I work the line
    Every minute overtime
    Fingers nimble, fingers quick
    My fingers bleed to make you rich

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    You can take my body
    You can take my bones
    You can take my blood
    But not my soul

    You can take my body (you can take my body)
    You can take my bones (take my bones)
    You can take my blood (take my blood)
    But not my soul (not my soul)

    Take my body (take my body)
    You can take my bones (take my bones)
    You can take my blood (take my blood)
    But not my soul (not my soul) Writer/s: Joseph Edward Ryan, Rhiannon Giddens Laffan
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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