Lyrics to
Lay Me Down

This version of Lay Me Down was released by Barry Manilow in 1975.

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Got dust on my piano
And dishes in the sink
Your side of the bed is cold
I haven’t slept a wink
So I read your goodbye letter
To the face inside my drink
Lay me down and roll me out to sea

Got your picture in my wallet
And some pictures in my mind
A pocketfull of memories
I never thought I’d find
And it’s rainin’ like a Monday
And the world seems so unkind
So lay me down and roll me out to sea

Lay me down, roll me out to sea
Callin’ on a mighty wave to cover me
Lay me down
Roll me out to sea
Heaven, if you’re ready shine your light on me

Now listen to my story
Cause I haven’t told it all
I saw her with her new love
She turned to me and called
When they asked, “How ya’ doing?”
I could crumbled like a wall
So lay me down and roll me out to sea

Lay me down roll me out to sea
Callin’ on a mighty wave to cover me
Lay me down
Roll me out to sea
Heaven, if you’re ready, shine your light on me

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About Lyrics and Lay Me Down by Barry Manilow

The lyrics to Lay Me Down are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Barry Manilow in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Lay Me Down are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Barry Manilow and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Lay Me Down back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Lay Me Down by Barry Manilow in a number of 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 Barry Manilow. 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 Barry Manilow 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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