[Chorus 1]
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed

[Verse 1]
Whatever colors
You have in your mind
I’ll show them to you
And you’ll see them shine

[Chorus 2]
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed

[Verse 2]
Forget this dance
Let's go upstairs
Let's take a chance
Who really cares?

[Verse 3]
Why don't you know
You've got nothing to prove?
It's all in your eyes
And the way that you move
[Verse 4]
Forget this dance
Let's go upstairs
Why wait any longer?

[Bridge]
I don't need to complain
You can have love but you might lose it
Why run any longer when you're running in vain?
You can have the truth but you've got to choose it

[Chorus 3]
Stay, lady, stay
Stay with your man a while
'Til the break of day
Let me see you make him smile

[Verse 5]
I long to see you
In the morning light
I hold to hold you
All through the night

[Refrain]
Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed