Lyrics to
Lay Me Down

This version of Lay Me Down was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1971.

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I’ve played your game
And I’ve played it well.
I’ll be another fool
To hang upon your wall.
I laid my heart out
Like an open book.
It’s a simple thing and don’t take much
To crack it open and bleed.
Lay me down.
Lay me down when you’re through with me.
Lay me down.
Let me bleed when you’re through with me.
Don’t let me think you’re wrong,
Just let me fall down.
I’ll pick myself up again.
It’s the kindest thing you can do for me,
So, woman, won’t you lay me down.

I lied to myself.
Tried to believe in you.
But it’s hard to rely on the ghost of someone you hardly even knew
You bring things out
Just to bring me down.
Then you twist them about and shove ’em in my face
Til my eyes can’t see any good.
Yeah!

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About Lyrics and Lay Me Down by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics for Lay Me Down are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Reo Speedwagon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lay Me Down have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Lay Me Down - Reo Speedwagon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Lay Me Down by Reo Speedwagon in multiple ways. 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 Me Down" means the words set to the music of Lay Me Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Me Down and the lyrics to Lay Me Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lay Me Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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