Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

Words & Music:

Melanie Safka

 

CHORUS:

G         D            F          G

Lay down, lay it down, lay it all down.

G                    D               F                  G

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown.

Lay down, lay it down, lay it all down.

G                    D               F                  Em

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown.

 

           D                   Em

We were so close, there was no room.

We bled inside each others wounds.

We all had caught the same disease.

And we all sang the songs of peace.

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

    D         A       Em

So, raise the candles high!

              G                   D       A         Em

'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night.

Oh, raise them higher again!

And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.

 

CHORUS:

 

VERSE 1 REPRISE:

 

             D                  Em

Some came to sing, some came to pray.

Some came to keep the dark away.

 

CHORUS:

 




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