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Artist: Roy Orbison
Canonical path: /roy-orbison/lay-it-down
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lay It Down
Read Lay It Down lyrics by Roy Orbison on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lay It Down
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You can take it to the country you can take it to town
Take it on the run in the back of some car
Take it too far if you leave it all around
Someday you're gonna lose it baby now now
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You better lay it down
Right where I can see it
Lay it down
You gotta lay it down
Show me that you mean it
Lay it down
You can see it on fire you can burn it to the ground
You can take it down to hell and back to heaven again
But I won't take it back if you leave it all around
To all the king horses and all the king s men
You better lay it down
Right where I can see it
Lay it down
You gotta lay it downshow me that you mean it
Lay it down
You can take it to the country take it to town
You can take it too far if you leave it all around
You better lay it down
Right where I can see it
Lay it down
Lay it down
Right where I can see it
Lay it down
Show me that you mean it
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Roy Orbison performs "Lay It Down", and this lyric page sits inside the Roy Orbison catalog on LyroVerse.
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