No no they can't take that away from me No they can't take that away from me We may never never meet again On the bumpy road to love Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you wear

I know, I know that you love me baby They're trying to take you away from me Only over my dead body And this is the only sound you should fear How I'm feeling, it doesn't matter 'Cause you know I'm okay Instead, I ask myself "why do you hurt me?" When

No they can't take that away from me There are many, many crazy things That will keep me loving you And with your permission May I list a few The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that The way your smile just beams

Happy, happy Africa Oh, far away in Africa They sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo Skokiaan, Skokiaan, Skokiaan Oh, take a trip to Africa Come on along and learn the lingo Beside a jungle bungalow Hot drums are drumming, the Hot strings are strumming, and

No no they can't take that away from me No they can't take that away from me We may never never meet again On the bumpy road to love Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you wear

You can't take my soul away from me Everywhere you look, it's like they know Their fingerprints are hidden by control This is where the line is drawn, see I'm ethereal, my children are legion, serial They stick to my skin like beloved cysts I tear away

Everybody so fake Everybody act like they care Everybody so fake, I swear Take me, away from here But I don't wanna go back there Why the fuck do everybody act like they care? I was dying and nobody was there Please don't cry, baby, life ain't fair I run

No no they can't take that away from me No they can't take that away from me We may never never meet again On the bumpy road to love Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you wear

Before they take it all away Trying to see if the world is still alive What are you waiting for, I'm here Let the day go by Let's consume it all I hear them from the other side As I sit and let the day go by I hear them from the other side (other side)

No, no they can't take that away from me Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we dance till three The way you change my life No they can't take that away from me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your