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Marvin:
  Keep on lovin' me, honey, keep on lovin' me true
Tammi:
  Baby, I'm gonna love you no matter what you do
Marvin:
  Just so long as I can have it all, nothin' but you
Both:
  So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
Tammi:
  'Cause I would stop right where I stand
Marvin:
  I'd just be afraid to be a man
Both:
  Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
  'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe

Marvin:
  Keep on lovin' me, honey, don't you go nowhere
Tammi:
  Don't you know I'm satisfied with your tender care?
Marvin:
  And I get my inspiration, darlin', just knowin' you're there
Both:
  So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
Tammi:
  'Cause like a leaf out on a tree
Marvin:
  You've become a part of me
Both:
  Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
  'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe

Both:
  Would you take the heavens out of the sky
  Imagine what the world would be like if the rivers ran dry
Marvin:
  Oh, Tammi
Tammi:
  What good am I without you
Marvin:
  I can't do without you, darlin'
Both:
  Like a sea without a shore
  Kicking forever more

Marvin:
  Keep on lovin' me, honey, don't you change your mind
Tammi:
  Sugar, I can't bear the thought of ever leavin' you behind
Marvin:
  No matter what I do, another you I'll never find
Both:
  So don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
Tammi:
  'Cause I would stop right where I stand
Marvin:
  I'd just be afraid to be a man
Both:
  Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
  'Cause if you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
  If you leave you might as well take the air I breathe
  Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
  'Cause I need your love, I need you so desperately
  Don't you take your love, don't take it away from me
  (Fade out)