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	Current version of Melanie Lyrics Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/melanie/lay-down-candles-in-the-r...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Melanie Lyrics Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/melanie/lay-down-candles-in-the-r...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	(Lay down lay down, lay it all down.)						(copied exactly from the album liner notes)	1
2	(Let your white birds smile up,)						chorus*	2
3	(At the ones who stand and frown.)						lay down lay down, let it all down	3
4	Lay down lay down, lay it all down.						let your white birds smile up at the	4
5	Let your white birds smile up,						ones who stand and frown	5
6	At the ones who stand and frown[3].						lay down lay down, let it all down	6
7							let your white birds smile up at the	7
8	We were so close, there was no room.						ones who stand and frown*	8
9	We bled inside each other's wounds.						we were so close, there was no room	9
10	We all had caught the same disease.						we bled inside each others wounds	10
11	And we all sang         the songs of peace.						we all had caught the same disease	11
12							and we all sang the songs of peace	12
13	(Lay down lay down, lay it all down.)						chorus	13
14	(Let your white birds smile up,)						so raise the candles high cause if you	14
15	(At                                  the ones who stand and frown.)						don't we could stay black against the night	15
16	Lay down lay down, lay it all down.						oh raise them higher again and if you	16
17	Let your white birds smile up,						do we could stay dry against the rain	17
18	At the ones who stand and frown.						chrous	18
19							we were so close there was no room	19
20	So, raise the candles high cause if you don't,						we bled inside each others wounds	20
21	We could stay black against the night.						we all had caught          the same disease	21
22	Oh, raise them higher again and if you do,						and we all sang the songs of peace	22
23	We could stay dry against the rain.						some came to sing, some came to pray	23
24							some came to keep the dark away	24
25	(Lay down lay down, lay it all down.)						so raise the candles high	25
26	(Let your white birds smile up,)						cause if you don't we could stay	26
27	(At          the ones who stand and frown.)						black against the sky	27
28	Lay down lay down, lay it all down.						oh oh raise them higher again	28
29	Let your white birds smile up,						and if you do we could stay	29
30	At          the ones who stand and frown.						dry against the rain	30
31							chorus	31
1	We were so close, there was no room.							1
2	We bled inside each other's wounds.							2
3	We all had caught the same disease.							3
4	And we all sang the songs of peace.							4
5								5
6	Some came to sing, some came to pray.							6
7	Some came to keep the dark away.							7
8								8
9	So raise (raise) the candles high (up high).							9
10	'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky.							10
11	Oh, oh, raise (raise) them higher again (up high).							11
12	And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.							12
13								13
14	(Lay down lay down, lay it all down.)							14
15	Let your white birds smile up,							15
16	At the ones who stand and frown.							16
17	You gotta, lay down lay down, lay it all down.							17
18	Let your white birds smile up,							18
19	At the ones who stand and frown.							19
20								20
21	You gotta, lay down lay down, lay it all down.							21
22	Let your white birds smile up,							22
23	At the ones who stand and frown.							23
24	You gotta, lay down lay down, lay it all down.							24
25	Let your white birds smile up,							25
26	At the ones who stand and frown.							26
27	[Fade.]							27
28	(Lay down lay down, lay it all down.)							28
29	(Let your white birds smile up...)							29
30								30
31								31
32	[LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN)]							32
33	[Written by: Melanie Safka-1969							33
34	Performed by: Melanie[1]-1970							34
35	Appears on: Candles in the Rain-1970, The Best of Melanie-1977, 1990 & 2006							35
36	Beautiful People-1982, AM Gold: 1970 (Various Artists)-1990[2], Days of							36
37	Flower Power (Various Artists)-1996, The Encore Collection-1997,							37
38	Melanie-2000, Unplugged & Solo Powered-2002, et al.]							38
39								39
40	[1]Covered by: The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Max Sharam, et al.]							40
41								41
42	[2]Transcribed from the track on this album.]							42
43								43
44	[3]Copied exactly from the album liner notes. (Moved forward from previous							44
45	submission.)							45

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