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The Lord He Gives and the Lord He Takes

from Rock Mass Rodeo by The Songs of Tom Smith

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They gave me a band and my audience was rockin’
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes
My guitar got stolen and my songs were forgotten
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes

I’m begging in the streets but I got a new guitar
I put out my hat and I’m singing from the heart
I don’t even want your money but you just pass me by
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes

In a sunny new town I got friends to meet
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes
Wherever I am I struggle to keep m
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes
I get a job helping the wretched and the poor
Take the money til I can’t stand the sight of m no more
Thy trust me with their troubles but I steal all their stories
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes

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Was I not born of God? Am I not of his kin?
Is not his seed inside me that I am never free of sin?
Am I not of his family can he not hear my din?
Am I not of his kind that I am never free of sin?

You gave me a child and Freedom was her name
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes
All I could ever do was just turn her away
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes
Through the crowd I see a familiar face
No one talks to me, it’s getting hard hard to take
Is my loneliness so contagious
The Lord He gives and the Lord He takes

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from Rock Mass Rodeo, released November 29, 2019

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The Songs of Tom Smith Brisbane, Australia

The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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