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