Don’t take it away (video) (intro)

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1. I been lookin' for you all night long, darlin', you've got to talk to me,

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I wanna tell you how wrong I've been and I won't do it again,

you know that woman didn't mean a thing to me.

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I hope I don't embarrass you too much here in front of all your friends,

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I'm gonna get down on my knees.

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Please, let me make it, please, I can't give you up,

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‘cause you've made love so good for me so long.

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Don't take it away, ‘cause love don't come easy,

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darling, I'm sorry I stepped over the line.

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Don't take it away, don't make me go crazy,

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‘cause I would follow you to the ends of my mind.

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2. From now on I'm gonna be the kind of man that you can lean on,

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and when the waters of life get a little too rough or a little too deep,

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I'm gonna be your stepping stone.

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And, oh, I remember all those nights that

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you used to take right a hold of me, and you'd hold on.

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Please, let me make it, please, I can't give you up,

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‘cause you've made love so good for me so long.

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Don't take it away, ‘cause love don't come easy,

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darling, I'm sorry I stepped over the line.

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Don't take it away, don't make me go crazy,

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‘cause I would follow you to the ends of my mind.

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(orig. = capo 2nd) (Conway Twitty)