TAKE ONE AWAY    WRITERS BURTON CUMMINGS, BILL IVENIUK      One cloudless morning    was it day or night   The sun and the moon were bright   Take one away       Two holy sisters lost in the desert dry   From the weight the old mule will die   Take one away      Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew   The day I first came to you, I was dead on arrival   And now I can hear you pleading on the radio   Mama I've joined the church you know   And I've been passing out bibles   Take one away      Three babies conceived   She couldn't afford them all   The curtain begins to fall   Take one away      Five o'clock in the morning   aw just an hour ago   She might have been alive you know   They took one away      Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew   The day I first came to you, I was dead on arrival   And now I can hear you pleading on the radio   Mama I've joined the church you know   And I've been passing out bibles   Take one away      Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew   The day I first came to you I was dead on arrival   And now I can hear you pleading on the radio   Mama I've joined the church you know   And I've been passing out bibles   Take one away