Cover art for Lay Down Your Weary Tune by The Byrds

Lay Down Your Weary Tune

Dec. 6, 19651 viewer

Lay Down Your Weary Tune Lyrics

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

Sruck 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 seaweed 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 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 played
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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The Byrds loved to cover Bob Dylan: the original band released 13 Bob Dylan covers. The Byrds typically kept the lyrics and the basic rhythm and melody pretty much the same as in the Bob Dylan original. Instead, they added value with their inarguably better singing, and their often greater attention to harmony and production.

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December 6, 1965
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