Lay Down-Strawbs

[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