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 the accordion played
The seaweed's woven strength
The crashing waves like the cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sand

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 askеd for no applause

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

The last of leaves fall from the trees
They've come to a new love's breast
The branches bow like a banjo honed
To the winds that listened the best
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 gazed down in 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 your song you strum
And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to 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