 Lay It Down (1996) [ larger cover art ] |
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He left his dead in the cottonwood trees
the ground grown too hard with the years.
Falling down was not what it used to be
the ground grown too hard with the years.
He told his children those little white lies
the truth would only paralyze them.
He told himself those little white lies
the truth would only paralyze him.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
He sold most of what he cherished,
the rest he let them steal.
Shot his dog out in the open field,
the rest he let them steal.
He broke all of his promises,
under a sea green sky.
They never thought to ask him why,
under a sea green sky.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
Please bury me in the cottonwood trees
the ground grown too cold for me.
Going to sleep tonight in a warm feather bed
the ground grown too cold for me.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
the ground grown too hard with the years.
Falling down was not what it used to be
the ground grown too hard with the years.
He told his children those little white lies
the truth would only paralyze them.
He told himself those little white lies
the truth would only paralyze him.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
He sold most of what he cherished,
the rest he let them steal.
Shot his dog out in the open field,
the rest he let them steal.
He broke all of his promises,
under a sea green sky.
They never thought to ask him why,
under a sea green sky.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
Please bury me in the cottonwood trees
the ground grown too cold for me.
Going to sleep tonight in a warm feather bed
the ground grown too cold for me.
Lay it down,
lay it down.
| divelinkjeff | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 19:44 Guess where we are??? Cowboy junkies about to come on stage in Victoria BC. Good omen. |
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 12:59 Everybody in my coffin be sleeping |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 12:48 Shazam! Love it! Amen! |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 07:15 Get more than a hint of Led Zeppelin in the guitar work at key points - specifically Kashmir - but then, it's using a lot of that crazy 60's eastern influenced stylism. |
| pvcnote (SP/SP) | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 07:13 Again?!?!? Ten times a day!!!!!!!!! |
| Jamie62 | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 10:56 I must confess to not reading ALL of the comments, but does anyone else keep hearing "Mummers Dance" while listening to this? |
| BBoyes (Utah: Gateway to Nevada) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 10:53 They did a 10-minute live version of this a couple years ago at the Utah Arts Festival. It was magical. I love their bare bones, sparse style where vocals, percussion and minimal melody guitar slide along on a powerful bass groove that idles along like a sleek diesel locomotive. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 18:04 motobecane wrote: That might be a church worth attending. Worship music, not god. Ah, worship solipsism, if anything... listen to music that is good for the ears... love this song... hope you are having a great day right this minute... |
| DanO-1 (Over a mile high, New Mexico) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 17:50 Me tinks me favourite CJ. |
| motobecane | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 17:47 Lazarus wrote: Everybody in my church be slow-dancing... love it... That might be a church worth attending. Worship music, not god. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 16:40 Everybody in my church be slow-dancing... love it... |
| allenrudd (2219.62 miles east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 10:09 joelbb wrote: Yes, it just gets stronger and stronger as it unrolls. and then it gets subtle? |
| joelbb | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 22:34 Stingray wrote: SPECIAL!!!
PS Velvet Junkies Underground! You mean the Velvet C&W Underground |
| joelbb | Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 01:06 atthetone wrote: A SUTTLE POWERHOUSE OF A TUNE Yes, it just gets stronger and stronger as it unrolls. |
| atthetone | Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 14:18 A SUTTLE POWERHOUSE OF A TUNE |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 14:07 SPECIAL!!!
PS Velvet Junkies Underground! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 16:57 Romeo, I'm afraid to ask.  |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 13:13 Great track from one of their best albums without a doubt - IMHO. |
| hifi (Campinas, Brasil) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 06:07 smoothy intimate |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 24, 2012 - 18:34 rabbi_phil wrote: lemme guess......your version of a "10" n'est-ce pas...... ???? C'est vrai... je l'adore... |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 09:26 lemme guess......your version of a "10" n'est-ce pas...... ???? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 09:21  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 21:06 This song is one smooooth groooove... loooove it... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 10:43 kylieh wrote: Funny, these guys always put me to sleep. All their stuff sounds the same. Truer words Mi Amigo, truer words.  |
| kylieh (Gibsons, BC) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:20 Funny, these guys always put me to sleep. All their stuff sounds the same. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 18:02 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 18:38 Bobert_ParkCity wrote: ah, seminal would be The Trinity Sessions. But great, yes. Yeah, I know what you mean... The Trinity Sessions was their second album, recorded in one day... unbelievable... it has one of my all-time favorite songs by them— the cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane"... it also has a great song for my father— "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)"... love this song, "Lay It Down", and this album... |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 17:48 romeotuma wrote: This is a great song from a seminal album... love it... ah, seminal would be The Trinity Sessions. But great, yes. |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 17:47 I loVe you Margot! Great band.... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 17:46 Love this song soooo much... this really is from one of the best albums of the 1990's... |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 13:50 This is the end... Beautiful friend, the end. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 19:17 very cool... love it... |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 02:40  |
| Proton_Soup | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 01:23 this strokes my fur the right way |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:46 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 10:43 agkagk wrote: Sorry — No artists found matching "Motorhead" in the Music/Artisits search box Did you check on the spelling "Motörhead"? Nothing found - but I thought this was them at first - she sounds very similar to Lemmy. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 22:28 Everybody in my hotel room be slow-dancing... love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 17:44 This is a great song from a seminal album... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 13, 2011 - 11:46 I'll dance to this... |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 08:14 Love her voice and the music of course :) |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 11:16   |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 23:06 Absolutely awesome song... makes my night... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 14:28 cohifi wrote: I KNEW I like this guy - romeotuma wrote: We be slow-dancing... this song is fantastic... I could tell you some true stories about when this album was produced... time flies when you're having fun... Treasure Island stuff Yes, as cool as evah... we be dancing... |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 18:12 I KNEW I like this guy - romeotuma wrote: We be slow-dancing... this song is fantastic... I could tell you some true stories about when this album was produced... time flies when you're having fun... Treasure Island stuff |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 18:00 This song is soooo good for the feet... love it... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 02:28 listen_n_sf wrote: You know this band must want to rock out once in a while. Despite the success, it must be frustrating to spend your career playing under such a weak and limited voice. Man, you nailed this one! I have always thought the same thing, she is a lame singer. Now, I am sure she is a very nice person, just a lame singer. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 10, 2011 - 11:33 We be slow-dancing... this song is fantastic... I could tell you some true stories about when this album was produced... time flies when you're having fun... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 24, 2011 - 20:14 love it... |
| agkagk (Aurora, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Feb 20, 2011 - 20:17 Jelani wrote: I saw a comment somewhere recently that said "Hem make cowboy Junkies sound like Motorhead" Made me laugh. Do we have any Motorhead here? Sorry — No artists found matching "Motorhead" in the Music/Artisits search box |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Feb 19, 2011 - 06:57 I saw a comment somewhere recently that said "Hem make cowboy Junkies sound like Motorhead" Made me laugh. Do we have any Motorhead here? |