Lay Me Down

Well, this is how it starts, two lovers in the dark

On the run from the one that they call Sheriff Spark

Six-gun's by their side and bullets 'round their waists

Two shots to the sky, signal sound for the chase

The safe was nearly empty and they were nearly free

But were seen by the good eye of the mean Billy Greene

And he screamed at the top of his lungs, "They're on the run!

It's the two outsiders! Grab your horses and your guns!"

I said I wish that we could stay here

But I fear our time has come

We can ride out in the darkness

Chasin' the risin' sun

We gotta pack our bags this instant

We're headin' southbound 'til the next town

And if we arrive there s-safely

Baby, you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Well, that's the story of the two, always on the move

They got nothin' left to lose 'cept their guns and their wounds

Now they're crossin' borders, sheriff's posse on their tail

They'd rather die together than be stuck up in a cell

They drank up all the whiskey and they partied every night

Like it could be the last, the bounty said to "shoot on sight"

So they chased the endless summer, knew it came with a price

They wouldn't stop runnin' 'til they found a paradise

But the sheriff finally found 'em with his eyes seein' red

So the lovers had to shoot him down and fill him full of lead

They were finally free to find a place to lay their heads

And when they finally did, he looked at her and then he said

I said I think that we can stay here

'Cause I feel our time has come

And we can walk down to the ocean

And sit with the risin' sun

So unpack your bags this instant

No more runnin' from town to town

And now that we've arrived s-safely

Baby, you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Well, you my green-eyed girl and I been runnin' around with you

It's the afternoon and we got nothin' left to do

So wipe the dirt off, oh, take your shirt off

And we should go hit the cantina, we got work off

I said it's hot outside, let me go swimmin' in your eyes

We been runnin' for a while, won't you lay down make me smile?

I could never ask for nothin' better than this

It's just tequila and the beach, it's quite salty when we kiss

I said I think that we can stay here

'Cause I feel our time has come

And we can walk down to the ocean

And sit with the risin' sun

So unpack your bags this instant

No more runnin' from town to town

And now that we've arrived s-safely

Baby, you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down