Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ´neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum

Struck by the sounds before the sun
I knew the night had gone
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn

Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ´neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum

The ocean wild like an organ played
The seaweed´s wove its strands
The crashing waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands

Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ´neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum

I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws
The crying rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause

Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ´neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum

The last of leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love´s breast
The branches bare like a banjo moaned
To the winds that listened the best

I gaze down into the river´s mirror
And watched its winding strum
The water smooth ran like a hymn
And like a harp did hum

Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself ´neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum