V1

Are you walking in the sunshine, looking for the truth?

Are you staring in the mirror, longing for your youth?

Does time tick by too fast as you bounce from place to place?

Do you feel like its just the beginning, while others finish the race?

Chorus

You can’t take it away, the sorrow and the pain.

Yesterday or today, you can’t take it away.

No, you can’t take it away… you can’t take it away.

V2

Are you searching for meaning in a world turned upside down?

Do you feel like a queen who has lost her crown?

Do you feel you’ve missed the mark, looking into your child’s eyes?

Was there more you could have done to bring silence to their cries?

Chorus

You can’t take it away, their sorrow and the pain.

Yesterday or today, you can’t take it away.

No, you can’t take it away… you can’t take it away.

V3

Don’t look back, it’s gone. Apologize, and move on.

That sketch has been drawn. Can’t stop the new dawn.

Do you cry for those who suffer, those who live in constant fear?

Reach out and listen. Learn how to really hear.

Chorus

You can’t take it away, their sorrow and the pain.

Yesterday or today, you can’t take it away.

No, you can’t take it away… you can’t take it away.

V4

Do you think of things you’ve lost, in dreams they’ve occurred in?

Can you take the good and the bad in this life’s splendid burden?

Chorus

You can’t take it away, the sorrow and the pain.

Yesterday or today, you can’t take it away.

No, you can’t take it away… you can’t take it away.

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