Lay Down Your Weary Tune

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
 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 beneath the strength of strings
 No voice can hope to hum
 The ocean wild like an organ played
 The seaweeds wove in 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 mourned
 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