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

Struck by the sounds before the sun
I knew the night had gone
And the morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn.

Refrain.

The ocean wild like an organ plays
And the seaweed's woven strands
And the crashing waves like the cymbals clash
Against the rocks and sands.

Refrain.

I stood around beneath the skies
And the clouds unbound by laws
And the crying rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause.

The last of the leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love's breast,
And the branches bare like a banjo moaned
To the winds that listen the best

Refrain.

I gazed down in the river's mirror
And watched it's whinning strum
It's waters smooth ran like a hymn
And like a harp it hummed.

Refrain (X2).

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