Charlene

Don't spend your prayers on me

'Cause they might be something you need

And that hides the Devil's speed

It ain't a signal worth smokin'

Take your cross and leave it there

'Cause I got my own to bear

And it matches the one I wear

It's my takeaway token

So won't you lay me down, lay me down?

'Cause you can't forgive me

And you don't know why

Let Kingdom come, your Kingdom will fall around you

Your Kingdom will fall

Around you

This fire don't need no more flame

'Cause it calls me by my name

And these ole familiar chains

God didn't make for breakin'

So swallow your brimstone and fire

What you call unnatural desire

It's my bones, the way I was wired

And I won't be forsaken

So won't you lay me down, lay me down?

'Cause you can't forgive me

And you don't know why

Let Kingdom come, your Kingdom will fall around you

The Kingdom will fall

Around you

I can't even describe

This burden in me

This feeling inside

I'll be damned if I'm wrong

For feeling this way of writing this song

So won't you lay me down, lay me down?

'Cause you can't forgive me

And you don't know why

Lay me down, lay me down

'Cause you can't forgive me

And you don't know why

Let Kingdom come, your Kingdom will fall around you

Oh, around you

The Kingdom will fall

Charlene, Charlene

Mhm, mhm

Oh, Charlene

Oh, whoa-oh

Oh, Charlene, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, oh-oh-oh-oh

Charlene