Lay Me Down

Oh, oh, oh, no-no, ooh, ooh
Oh, oh, oh, no-oh

Well this is how it starts, two lovers in the dark
On the run from the one that they call Sheriff Sparks
Six guns by their sides, and bullets 'round their waist
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 Green
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
But 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 got nothing left to lose 'cept their guns and their wounds
Now they're crossing 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 their last, the bounty said to shoot on sight
So they chased the endless summer, knew it came with the prize
They wouldn't stop running 'til they found their paradise
But the Sheriff finally found 'em with his eyes seeing 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 head
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 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

Well, you're my green-eyed girl and I've been running 'round with you
It's the afternoon and we got nothing 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, why don'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
'Cause 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, no
Lay me down
Lay me down