Lay Me Down (Album Version)

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 guns by their side

And bullets round their waist

Two shots to the sky signals sign for the chase

The safe was nearly empty and they were nearly free

But were seen by the good eye

Of the mean billy green

And he screamed at the top of his lungs

They're on the run

It's the two wild siders

Grab your holsters 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

Chasing the rising sun

We gotta pack our bags this instant

We're heading southbound to the next town

And if we arrive there so safely

Baby you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Well it's the story of the two

Always on the move

They've got nothing left to lose

Except their guns and their wounds

Now they're crossing borders

Sheriffs 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 chasing through the summer

Though it came with the price

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

But the sheriff finally found them

With his eyes seeing red

So the lovers had to shoot him

Gotta fill him full of lead

They were finally free to find

A place to lay their head

And when they finally

Did he looked at her and then he said

He said I think that we can stay here

Cuz I feel our time has come

And we can walk down to the ocean

And sit with the rising sun

So unpack your bags this instant

No more running from town to town

And now that we've arrived so safely

Baby you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Me and my green eyed girl and

I've been running round with you

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

So wipe the dirt off or take your shirt off

And we should go hit the cantina we got work off

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

We've been running for a while

Won't you lay down make me smile

I could never ask for nothing better than this

It's just tequila and the beach

That's why it's salty when we kiss

I said I think that we can stay here

Cuz I feel our time has come

And we can walk down to the ocean

And sit with the rising sun

So unpack your bags this instant

No more running from town to town

And now that we've arrived so safely

Baby you can lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down

Lay me down