Lay Down

Song Lay Down
Artist Strawbs
Album Bursting At The Seam

Lyrics

[ti:Lay Me Down]
[ar:The Dirty Heads]
[00:01.04] Ho ohh woah ho ho no ohhh
[00:04.25] hoo ooh oh
[00:06.25] oh oooh ooh
[00:09.86] Well this is how it starts two lovers in the dark
[00:13.31] on the run from the one that they call Sheriff Sparks
[00:16.26] six guns by the side and bullets 'round their waist
[00:19.12] two shots to the sky signal sign for the chase
[00:21.72] The safe is nearly empty and they were nearly free
[00:23.57] but were seen by the good eye of the mean Billy green
[00:27.73] and he screamed at the top of his lungs "they're on the run
[00:31.04] It's the two outsiders grab your holsters and your guns"
[00:33.29] I said I wish that we could stay here
[00:37.59] but I fear our time has come
[00:40.15] We could ride out in the darkness
[00:43.20] chasing the rising sun
[00:46.10] We gotta pack our bags this instant
[00:48.95] we're headin'southbound to the next town
[00:51.46] and if we arrive there so safely
[00:54.11] baby you could lay me down
[00:58.41] Lay me downnn
[01:01.17] Lay me dowahownnn
[01:04.02] Lay me downnnnnn
[01:07.31] Well its the story of the two,always on the move
[01:09.77] they got nothing left to lose 'cept their guns and their wounds
[01:12.67] Now they're crossing borders sheriff's posse on their tail
[01:15.92] They'd rather die together than be stuck up in a cell
[01:18.72] They drank up all the whiskey and they partied every night
[01:21.02] like it could be the last,the bounty said to 'shoot on sight'
[01:24.47] They're chasing in the summer,knew it came with a price
[01:27.02] They wouldn't stop running til they found the paradise
[01:29.23] but the sheriff finally found them with his eyes seeing red
[01:32.98] so the lovers had to shoot him down and fill him full of lead
[01:35.98] they were finally free to find a place to lay their head
[01:38.88] and when he finally did he looked at her and he said...
[01:41.83] I said I think that we can stay here
[01:45.29] cuz I feel our time has come
[01:47.69] and we can walk down to the ocean
[01:50.79] and sit with the rising sun
[01:53.79] So unpack your bags this instant
[01:56.44] No more running from town to town
[01:59.34] and now that we've arrived so safely
[02:02.14] baby you can lay me down
[02:04.14] Lay me downnn
[02:06.09] Lay me dowahownnn
[02:08.89] Lay me downnnnnnnnnn
[02:15.03] Well you're my green eyed girl and I been running around with you
[02:17.63] its the afternoon and we got nothing left to do
[02:20.78] so wipe the dirt off or take your shirt off
[02:23.29] and we should go hit the cantina;we got work off
[02:25.74] I said its hot outside,let me go swimming in your eyes
[02:29.14] we been running for awhile why don't you lay down make me smile
[02:32.30] I could never ask for nothing better than this
[02:34.35] it's just tequila and the beach,it's quite salty when we kiss
[02:37.95] I said I think that we can stay here
[02:41.54] cuz I feel our time has come
[02:44.54] and we can walk down to the ocean
[02:47.39] and sit with the rising sun
[02:50.29] so unpack your bags this instant
[02:52.95] no more running from town to town
[02:55.75] and now that we've arrived so safely
[02:58.40] baby you can lay me down
[03:02.65] lay me downnn
[03:05.35] lay me downhownnn noooo ohhh
[03:08.60] lay me downnnnnnnnnn
[03:11.11] lay me down