Lay Down Your Weary Tune

Song Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Artist The Byrds
Album Play the songs of Bob Dylan

Lyrics

[00:01.07] Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
[00:06.06] Lay down the song you strum,
[00:09.61] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[00:14.14] No voice can hope to hum.
[00:18.94] Struck by the sounds before the sun,
[00:24.07] I knew the night had gone.
[00:27.83] The morning breeze like a bugle blew
[00:32.42] Against the drums of dawn.
[00:36.42] Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
[00:40.48] Lay down the song you strum,
[00:45.21] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[00:49.63] No voice can hope to hum.
[00:57.87] The ocean wild like an organ played,
[01:02.68] The seaweed's wove its strands.
[01:06.39] The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
[01:10.70] Against the rocks and sands.
[01:15.93] I stood unwound beneath the skies
[01:19.87] And clouds unbound by laws.
[01:23.60] The crying rain like a trumpet sang
[01:27.98] And asked for no applause.
[01:31.92] Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
[01:35.43] Lay down the song you strum,
[01:40.83] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[01:45.17] No voice can hope to hum.
[02:10.35] The last of leaves fell from the trees
[02:15.83] And clung to a new love's breast.
[02:19.36] The branches bare like a banjo played
[02:23.61] To the winds that listened best.
[02:27.47] I gazed down in the river's mirror
[02:32.58] And watched its winding strum.
[02:36.26] The water smooth ran like a hymn
[02:40.60] And like a harp did hum.
[02:46.44] Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
[02:49.55] Lay down the song you strum,
[02:53.28] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[02:57.92] No voice can hope to hum.
[03:01.67] Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
[03:06.61] Lay down the song you strum,
[03:10.55] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[03:15.23] No voice can hope to hum.