Tammy Wynette & George Jones – Take Me

“Take Me” is a song written by George Jones and Leon Payne. Jones originally released the song on the Musicor label in 1966 and scored a No. 8 hit. However, the song is best remembered for being the first single release by Jones and his third wife Tammy Wynette in 1971 on Epic Records. That version was also a top ten hit, peaking at No. 9.

Jones wrote “Take Me” with Leon Payne, who is perhaps best known for his hits “I Love You Because”, “You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart”, and for the two songs of his Hank Williams recorded: “Lost Highway” and “They’ll Never Take Her Love from Me”.

From the album We Go Together
B-side “We Go Together”
Released 1971
Genre Country
Length 2:21
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) George Jones, Leon Payne
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill

Tammy Wynette & George Jones – Take Me lyrics

Take me, take me to your darkest room
Close every window and bolt every door
The very first moment I heard your voice
I’d be in darkness no more
Take me to your most barren desert
A thousand miles from the nearest sea
The very moment I saw your smile
It would be like heaven to me
There’s not any mountain to rugged to climb
No desert too barren to cross
Darlin’, if you would just show a sign ??
Of love, I could bear any loss
Take me to Siberia
And the coldest weather of the winter time
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine
There’s not any mountain to rugged to climb
No desert too barren to cross
Darlin’, if you would just show a sign ??
Of love, I could bear any loss
Take me to Siberia
And the coldest weather of the winter time
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine…