Lay down your weary tune,

lay down,
Lay down the song you strum,


And rest yourself 'neath 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 'neath the strength of strings


No voice can hope to hum.


The ocean wild like an organ played,


The seaweed's wove its 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 'neath the strength of strings


No voice can hope to hum.


I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws.


The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang


And asked for no applause.


Lay down your weary tune, lay down,


Lay down the song you strum,


And rest yourself 'neath 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 played


To the winds that listened best.


I gazed down in the river's mirror


And watched its winding strum.


The water smooth ran like a hymn


And like a harp did hum.


Lay down your weary tune, lay down,


Lay down the song you strum,


And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings


No voice can hope to hum.