Lay It Down

He left his dead in the cottonwood trees

The ground grown too hard with the years

Fallin' down was not what it used to be

The ground grown too hard with the years

He told his children the little white lies

The truth would only paralyze them

He told himself those little white lies

The truth would only paralyze him

Lay, lay, lay it down

He sold most of what he cherished

The rest he let them steal

Shot his dog out in an 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, lay, lay it down

Please bury me in the cottonwood trees

This grounds grown too cold for me

Gonna sleep tonight in a warm feather bed

This ground has grown too cold for me

Lay, lay, lay it down