You Can’t Take My Soul

[INTRO]
(Organ and guitar)
Mm...
Oh, no...
No, you can’t...

[VERSE 1]
You left your coat beside the kitchen chair
Left me all this midnight in the air
I stood there listening to the rain come down
Then I picked my heart up off the ground

I cried enough to fill a river wide
But I got one thing you can’t put aside
You may have broke the love we used to know
But, baby, you can’t take my soul

[PRE-CHORUS]
I gave you my time
I gave you my tears
But I found a little strength
In all these lonely years

[CHORUS]
You can take your picture from the wall
You can take your sweet lies, take ’em all
You can leave me crying in the cold
But you can’t, no, you can’t take my soul

You can turn your back and walk away
You can leave me with the price to pay
But when that old sun rises in the mornin’
I’ll be gone, and I’ll be free
You can’t take my soul from me

[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
No, you can’t
No, you can’t
You can’t take my soul

[VERSE 2]
I found your shadow hanging by the door
But it don’t frighten me like it did before
I swept the pieces underneath the bed
Then I let the morning clear my head

You thought I’d beg you not to go
Thought I’d be too weak to let you know
But there’s a train rolling just beyond this town
And I won’t let your sorrow hold me down

[PRE-CHORUS]
I gave you my time
I gave you my tears
But I found a little strength
In all these lonely years

[CHORUS]
You can take your picture from the wall
You can take your sweet lies, take ’em all
You can leave me crying in the cold
But you can’t, no, you can’t take my soul

You can turn your back and walk away
You can leave me with the price to pay
But when that old sun rises in the mornin’
I’ll be gone, and I’ll be free
You can’t take my soul from me

[BACKGROUND VOCALS]
No, you can’t
No, you can’t
You can’t take my soul

[BRIDGE]
I got a little hurt
I got a little pain
But I got a little fire
Running through my veins

You can call my name
But I won’t turn around
I got my feet on solid ground

[HORN BREAK]
(“You can’t take my soul” horn phrase)
(Organ answers)
(Drum fill into final chorus)

[FINAL CHORUS]
You can take your picture from the wall
You can take your sweet lies, take ’em all
You can leave me crying in the cold
But you can’t, no, you can’t take my soul

You can turn your back and walk away
You can leave me with the price to pay
But when that old sun rises in the mornin’
I’ll be gone, and I’ll be free
You can’t take my soul from me

[FINAL VAMP]
You can’t take my soul
No, no, no
You can’t take my soul

I got my feet on solid ground
You can’t take my soul
I’m leaving this old hurt behind
You can’t take my soul

No, you can’t...
No, you can’t...
You can’t take my soul from me

[OUTRO]
You can take your picture
Take your lies
Take your lonely, lonely nights

But you can’t take my soul...
No, you can’t take my soul...