It's a love-hate song, or it's the story of one man's unhealthy relationship with research chemicals - you decide. With Andy Adams on the drums, Benn Cordrey on bass, Dan Clark on lead guitar and piano, and Slim doing the rest. "C'mon and Lay Me Down, Throw your loving arms all around, Break my heart as you Lay Me Down, With the ferryman singing 'Golden Brown', He's knock-knocking on my door."
lyrics
You travelled far over land and over sea
From a factory far away in China
You reached my door long before I turned the key
And every day I needed more and more
I held you with me everywhere that I was going
I fell in love but all the while you were making other plans
Come on and lay me down, throw your loving arms all around
Break my heart as you lay me down, with the ferryman singing ‘Golden Brown’
He’s knock-knocking on my door
A mad obsession, I couldn’t put you down
As tough as nailing jelly to a dartboard
My best friends said you would only bring me down
I was dying a happy man
The hours flew way past stupid o’clock in the morning
And in never-ending tears for days later I would drown
C’mon and lay me down, throw your loving arms all around
Break my heart as you lay me down, with the ferryman singing ‘Golden Brown’
Lay me down, throw your loving arms all around
Break my heart as you lay me down, with the ferryman singing ‘Golden Brown’
He’s knock-knocking on my door
He’s knock-knock-knocking on my door
You gave me love, a thousand sparks, to keep this fire burning
But something’s tearing up my heart, I just can’t sleep
Oh won’t you lay me down, down, down
Just lay me down, down, down
Just lay me down
C’mon and lay me down, throw your loving arms all around
Break my heart as you lay me down, with the ferryman singing ‘Golden Brown’
Lay me down, throw your loving arms all around
Break my heart as you lay me down, with the ferryman singing ‘Golden Brown’
He’s knock-knocking on my door
He’s knock-knock-knocking on my door
He’s knock-knock-knocking on my door
C’mon and lay me down
C’mon and lay me down
C’mon and lay me down
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