Lay Down Beside Me - Alison Krauss

I've spent my life looking for you Finding my way wasn't easy to do But I knew there was your all the while And it's been worth every mile So lay down beside me Love me and hide me Kiss all the hurtin' of this world away Hold me so close that I feel your heartbeat And don't ever wander away Mornings and evenings all were the same And there was no music 'till I heard your name But I knew when I saw you smile Now I can rest for awhile So lay down beside me Love me and hide me Kiss all the hurtin' of this world away Hold me so close that I feel your heartbeat And don't ever wander away

Lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down I've been weak, things get tough Sometimes my knees can barely hold me up I'm no fool, but it's said You gotta walk a mile to get outta my head Come within, taste it up Take a little bit, and baby, don't you give up Get your life, give a damn You gotta make a move and show me where we can stand Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need I got the time, it'll be alright, yeah I got the time that you need, yeah We all bleed, bleed the same If you get the picture, leave it outta the frame, yeah In the now, take a chance Make a mess, and don't forget that life is a dance Come within, taste it up Take a little bit, and baby, don't you give up Get your life, give a damn You gotta make a move and show me where we can stand Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Lay me down in darkness, yeah Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need, yeah Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Mmmm-mmm me, show me baby baby tell me that's me, yeah I got the time, it'll be alright, yeah I got the time that you need Come on! La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la- lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me down in darkness

I stood on faith and the corner of ambition I came here to sink or swim And to show them all that they were wrong And though I never thought I'd make it this far So the curtains are down For the moment I'm someone There were those in the wings who waited, who came this way Now they're gone But there's always someone at home who never forgets who you are And when I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home When I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home Can't go on, I'm on the top of my better years I'm going home, it's too lonesome on the bottom rung here It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

Where have you been My long lost friend It's good to see you again Come and sit for a while I've missed your smile Today the past is goodbye Time can't erase A lover's embrace Can't you hear it calling A new day dawning You were longing to find Love's taken you far Away from my heart And I've been here all along Have your eyes failed to find What took you from mine A vision that's faded through time But you sail away Far on a summer's day But you heard it calling A new day dawning You were longing to find There is a way To make you stay Darling don't turn away Don't doubt your heart And keep us apart I'm right where you are Stay There is a way To make you stay Darling don't turn away Don't doubt your heart And keep us apart I'm right where you are Stay

Yesterday the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations Lying above the rest, never falling from the nest Tuesday came and went and now I'm in a little situation Maybe it's for the best, I can live alone I guess Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as stone Even though the bird has flown Maybe he'll fly on home Forgive me if I'm keeping you apart from better conversation I'm numb from all my doubt, trying to sort the whole thing out Tell me that I'm smart enough to deal with all the information Spinning inside my head, every word he ever said Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as stone Even though the bird has flown Maybe he'll fly on home (Repeat chorus)

We lease 20 acres And one Ginny mule From the Alabama Trust For half of the cotton and a third of the corn Get a hand full of dust We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why I had a daughter Called her Annabelle She's the apple of my eye Tried to give her something like I never had Didn't want to ever hear her cry We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why When I'm dead and buried I'll take a hard life of tears From every day I've ever known Anna's in the churchyard She got no life at all She only got these words on a stone We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why

Baby mine, don't you cry Baby mine, dry your eyes Rest your head close to my heart Never to part, baby of mine Little one, when you play Don't you mind what they say Let those eyes sparkle and shine Never a tear, baby of mine If they knew sweet little you They'd end up loving you too All those same people who scold you What they'd give just for the right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine All of those people who scold you What they'd give just for the right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine Baby of mine