Lay Down Your Weary Tune

by The Byrds

From the album: The Byrds Play Dylan

Track 4 of 20 on The Byrds Play Dylan (1979).

Duration: 3:29

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Lyrics for Lay Down Your Weary Tune

Lay down your weary tune, lay down Lay down the song you strum And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum Struck by the sounds before the sun I knew the night had gone The morning breeze like a bugle blew Against the drums of dawn Lay down your weary tune, lay down Lay down the song you strum And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum The ocean wild like an organ played The seaweeds wove in strands The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands Lay down your weary tune, lay down Lay down the song you strum And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum The last of leaves fell from the trees And clung to a new love's breast The branches bare like a banjo mourned To the winds that listened best Lay down your weary tune, lay down Lay down the song you strum And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum

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  14. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Live at the Felt Forum, NYC, NY - March 1970
  15. Just Like a Woman
  16. Lay Lady Lay
  17. The Times They Are A-Changin' - First Version
  18. Mr. Tambourine Man - Live at Colden Center Auditorium, Queens, NY - February 1970
  19. Chimes of Freedom - Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - February 1969
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