Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Studio Outtake - 1963

[00:06.85] Lay down, lay down your weary tune,
[00:09.37] Lay down the song you strum
[00:14.66] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[00:20.96] No voice can hope to hum
[00:28.45] Struck by the sounds before the sun
[00:35.08] I knew the night had gone
[00:42.25] The morning breeze like a bugle blew
[00:49.56] Against the drums of dawn
[00:57.26] Lay down your weary tune, lay down
[01:04.46] Lay down the song you strum
[01:10.83] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[01:17.03] No voice can hope to hum
[01:24.87] The ocean wild like an organ played
[01:34.25] The seaweeds wove its strands
[01:38.76] The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
[01:46.04] Against the rocks and the sands
[01:52.01] Lay down your weary tune, lay down
[01:59.36] Lay down the song you strum
[02:05.33] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[02:13.17] No voice can hope to hum
[02:20.27] I stood unwound beneath the skies
[02:26.16] And clouds unbound by laws
[02:32.41] The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang
[02:39.83] And asked for no applause
[02:46.93] Lay down your weary tune, lay down
[02:54.55] Lay down the song you strum
[02:58.86] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[03:04.95] No voice can hope to hum
[03:12.24] The last of leaves fell from the trees
[03:18.85] And clung to a new love's breast
[03:25.86] The branches bare like a banjo moaned
[03:31.55] To the winds that listened best
[03:39.07] I gazed down in the river's mirror
[03:45.57] And watched its winding strum
[03:50.76] The water smooth ran like a hymn
[04:05.36] And like a harp did hum
[04:06.96] Lay down your weary tune, lay down
[04:12.32] Lay down the song you strum
[04:17.26] And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
[04:24.06] No voice can hope to hum
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