Take my so-called friends
You can keep the ones who go
Burn their candles at both ends
Watch a strong one break
Where a weaker one bends
Take my house and home
It's a bed I seldom use
Take it all away today but baby
You can't have my blues
Take my sense of place
Always was a stranger here
You, it seems, can do no wrong
Be a great big fish
This is where you belong
Take my foolish pride
That's a deal I can't refuse
Take it all away today but baby
You can't have my blues
Take away your love
If that's what you say it was
I for one will not pretend
You're a disbelief
I no longer suspend
Take away my hope
That's a bet I always lose
Take it all away today but baby
You can't have my blues
Haul it all away today but baby
You can't have my blues