Take It All

Hanging in a downtown garden with you I've got no money there's not much else we can do I picked you a flower from a forbidden tree A two-hundred dollar fine is what I received They can take it all There wasn't much to begin with Yeah, they're gonna' take it all And I don't ever want it back I went to the courthouse ready to protest my fee How can you charge me for something that's growing for free The judge and jury did not see it my way A bill from the plaintiff showed up the very next day They can take it all There wasn't much to begin with Yeah, they're gonna' take it all And I don't ever want it back I got me a job to pay back the money I owed Stacking boxes twenty foot high in the cold I worked so hard my fingers started to break So the doctor ended up with the money I made So I ended up in the garden once more It's the only place I could afford Through it all I did not learn a thing 'Cause I picked that forbidden flower again They can take it all There wasn't much to begin with Yeah, they're gonna' take it all And I don't ever want it back