Lyrics to
Lay It All Down

This version of Lay It All Down was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1971.

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Let me retell
A story of old
About a man named Moses
Who lived long ago
He prophicied good
He prophicied bad
And now that prophecy’s
Coming to pass
Let all your sons, and your daughters
Of the golden calf
Lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
Lay it all down, for paradise here on earth
A whole lot of people, including myself
Thought the story of Moses was just a tall tale
But all of the things that we see going on
Are just what Moses set down
Let all your sons, and your daughters
Of the golden yeah
Lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
Lay it all down, for paradise here on earth
Let me retell
A story I know
About a man named Moses
Who lived long ago
He prophicied good
He prophicied bad
And now that prophecy’s
Coming to pass
Let all your sons, and your daughters
Of the golden yeah
Lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
Lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
Lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
I just can’t imagine a reason for sorrow
Just can’t imagine the hurt
You’ve got to lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
I said lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
Lay down your burden of sorrow
There’s just no reason to hurt
You’ve got to lay down your burden of sorrow
Lay down your burden of hurt
I said
Lay it all down, for paradise here on earth

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The lyrics for Lay It All Down are defined as the words making up the song released by Fleetwood Mac in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lay It All Down have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Fleetwood Mac and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Lay It All Down by Fleetwood Mac if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Lay It All Down" means the words set to the music of Lay It All Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Fleetwood Mac. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Lay It All Down and the lyrics to Lay It All Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Fleetwood Mac who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lay It All Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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