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VERSES ONE & TWO:
You want to take our river / Tunnel deep under the Hudson
Take our river / Leaking gas in the schoolyard
You want to take our river / Engines dig with their teeth
In the deep dark water / Things we cannot see

CHORUS:
You can’t / You can't
You can’t take my home / You can’t take my place
You, You, You, You
You can’t take my bed / You can’t take my fire
Can’t can’t can’t
Can’t force my love / Can’t take my love
You can’t take my love / Take my love
You can’t take my life

VERSES THREE & FOUR:
You want to take our river / Flowing by in silence
You want to take our neighbor / Burn us with your greed
You want to take our river / Where it meets the sea
But a wave will stop you / Things you cannot see

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE:
Lock up the door sir / Walk into the room here
What do you see now / Ghost of the people
Used to be laughing / Now we weeping
Open up your eyes now / Ain’t nobody leaving
[A/T/B REPEATS BRIDGE X3]
[SOPRANOS X2]
Honeybee / Dying tree / Oceans rise / Big man Lies
On the TV / So we can see / Apologize / No one tries

Can’t force my love / Can’t take my love
You can’t take my love / Take my love
You can’t take my life

FINAL CHORUS:
We need the things we cannot see
We see the things we cannot be
We know the things we can't understand
We stand in wonder not knowing the plan

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from EARTHALUJAH, released May 17, 2013

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