Overalls and withered hands
Big straw hat and a leather tan
Growin' up out of the dark red mud
50 years of sweat and blood
They moved in close and they sewed machines
They wrote their name on every seed
They milked the ground till it was bone dry
And in a distant field you could hear him cry
Oh, oh, oh
Take what you want
Oh, oh, oh
You take what you want
He kept on just like he'd always done
From the last of the stars to the last of the sun
They came rolling in like rain
That rots the fields and floods the plains
They pulled him up just like a wild weed
They called him liar and they called him thief
Hands in his pockets he walked away
And they took it all and he took the blame
Oh, oh, oh
You take what you want
Oh, oh, oh
You take what you want
You can have my money
You can have my bread
You can even have the roof from over my head
Oh, oh, oh
You take what you want
I'll keep the stains in the cracks of my hands
I'll keep the smell of the dusty land
And you take what you want
I'll have the peace that lets me sleep
Every year and memory
And you take what you want
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