LYRICS & MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN
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Guitar introduction |
| Dylan |
1. |
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine. |
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2. |
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen. |
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Bridge |
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3. |
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you. |
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4. |
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead. |
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Performance lyrics initially transcribed at
The Lonesome
Sparrow Sings
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ANNOTATION
Source/Precedents
| Buddy Holly : Peggy Sue (September 1957) |
Comments
| 1. |
A rewrite/sendup of Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue (September 1957)
and all those other
songwriters/songs that use female names ( Michelle, Gloria,
Layla,
etc,etc) - even before I learned her name, You know I loved her just
the same |
| 2. |
Sexual pun on Day/Night |
| 3. |
Blues great, Billie Holiday was known as Lady Day, also note
Track 6 Lay Lady Lay. |
The Critics
Notes
| Verse 2 |
Peggy Night - assumption that this is an inversion of
surname. |
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RECORDING DETAILS
| Recorded: |
February 14 1969 |
| Release Date : |
April 9 1969 |
| Published : |
Warner Bros, Inc. 1963 |
| Studio: |
Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville Tennessee USA |
| Master Number: |
NCO 98927 |
| Producer: |
Bob Johnson |
| Engineer/s: |
Charlie Bragg, Neil Wilburn |
| Company: |
Columbia KCS 9825 CBS CDCBS 63601 |
| Record: |
Side B Track 1 (1969) |
| CD: |
Track 6 (1985) |
| Time: |
3.17 minutes |
Personnel:
Bob Dylan
Kenneth Buttery
Chalie McCoy
Pete Drake
Bob Wilson
Norman Blake
Charlie Daniels |
Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica?
Drums
Bass
Steel Guitar
Piano
Guitar
Guitar |
All Recording Data usually from Record /Compact Disc Cover, and
Clinton Heylin, Dylan : Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions
1960-1994 Penguin Books 1996
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