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Lay down your weary tune, lay down |
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Lay down the song you strum |
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And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings |
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No voice can hope to hum |
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Struck by the sounds before the sun |
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I knew the night had gone |
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The morning breeze like a bugle blew |
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Against the drums of dawn |
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Lay down your weary tune, lay down |
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Lay down the song you strum |
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And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings |
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No voice can hope to hum |
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The ocean wild like an organ played |
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The seaweeds wove its strands |
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The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed |
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Against the rocks and the sands |
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Lay down your weary tune, lay down |
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Lay down the song you strum |
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And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings |
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No voice can hope to hum |
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I stood unwound beneath the skies |
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And clouds unbound by laws |
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The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang |
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And asked for no applause |
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Lay down your weary tune, lay down |
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Lay down the song you strum |
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And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings |
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No voice can hope to hum |
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The last of leaves fell from the trees |
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And clung to a new love's breast |
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The branches bare like a banjo moaned |
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To the winds that listened best |
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I gazed down in the river's mirror |
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And watched its winding strum |
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The water smooth ran like a hymn |
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And like a harp did hum |
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Lay down your weary tune, lay down |
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Lay down the song you strum |
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And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings |
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No voice can hope to hum |
