They Can't Take That Away from Me

1. The world may strip me of my freedom

And bind me with its chains.

Health may leave my body

And be replaced with pain.

They can come and get my treasures

And cause my poverty.

But they can’t take it all away from me.

2. I may lose my dearest loved ones

As years of time pass by.

But my Father won’t forsake me

As countless tears I cry.

When my final breath is fleeting

And my life runs out of days,

I’ll lift my voice to testify in praise.

Chorus:

They’ll never throw away

The rock where I stand.

They can’t remove the cornerstone

And cast it in the sea.

For I’m sheltered in the arms of God,

Guided by the unseen hand.

And they can’t take that away from me.