Written by Bob Dylan



Lay down your weary tune, lay down

Lay down the song you strum

And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum



Sruck 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 beneath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum



The ocean wild like an organ played

The seaweed wove its strands

The crashin' 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 beneath 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 played

To the winds that listened best

Lay down your weary tune, lay down

Lay down the song you strum

And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum