Two Hand Take
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

gonna to swim away from you, from the muscle of your tide
you ain’t the king of gravity, you’re just the king of pride
in everything you say to me there’s something that you hide
when you sugar-honey me I know that you have lied

a man and a woman worked, the man lived by his gun
he hurt the gal and stole the mule, now the man was on the run
I did not weep the day you died with your belly full of lead
oh you never cared too much what the good book said

runnin down a long road, long road run
on the long road, longing for some
somebody got love got love some-
-body got love got love wrong

takin with a two hand, two hand take
takin too much till the giver done break
brakeman won’t stop, won’t stop this train
beggin to the brakeman to break this pain

oh a little, oh a little little bit
a little, oh a little little bit

the good lord died in pain and woe, he wore a crown of thorns
seems I’ve known that very crown from the day that I was born
you say let go, the pain let go, gal let your heart be warmed
every time I smile at you it’s the port that’s in the storm

now I got somebody good, he holds me in his arms
the length of my sweet nakedness is his sweetness and his charm
he said we bring each other joy, the jewel in life’s crown
he is the treasure of true love I searched for and I found

you don’t have to do what the devil’s own voice says
come on, you make your choices
down to the bottom to the China ground
keep on digging till the bottom get found

heart ain’t nothin but a hollow cup
feel the love got to a fill it up
up down, dig down, a little deeper
dig on down where the lovin is sweeter

oh, oh, oh, oh

a man and a woman meet, you know they kiss and a flirt
he says to her take off your dress, I say say take off your shirt
drink this cup unto the end, the sweet joy and the hurt
then lay us softly in the ground and smile upon the dirt

oh the roadhouse it is closed, now they’ve all gone home
they played there on our wedding day on the long trombones
oh play it sweetly when I’m gone in the bye and bye
I’ve made my prayers and they were heard
I’ll be happy when I die
I’ll be happy when
I’ll be happy when
I’ll be happy when I die

baby got a hole in the sole of your shoe
ground come up and it’s talkin to you
used to nothin oh nothin but stone
bonehard life when you’re livin it alone

take them shackles, make the shackles break
shackle the chain heart then the heart gonna ache
who got a heart, got a heart to give
givin from you heart then you start to live