Lay Down:Melanie. Album - Candles In The Rain - Edwin Hawkins Singers did back up and chorus. Single - #1 in Australia, #1 in Canada & #3 in USA in 1970. CHORUS: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile F G at the ones who stand and frown. G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile F Em at the ones who stand and frown. #1. Em D Em D We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each Em other's wounds. Em D Em D We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs Em of peace. CHORUS: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile F G at the ones who stand and frown. G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile F Em at the ones who stand and frown. #2. D A Em G So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay D A Em black against the night. D A Em G Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay D A Em dry against the rain. CHORUS: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F G at the ones who stand and frown. G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F Em at the ones who stand and frown. #3. Em D Em D We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each Em other's wounds. Em D Em D We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs Em of peace. D Em D Em Some came to sing, some came to pray..some came to keep the dark away. #4. D A Em G So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay D A Em black against the night. D A Em G Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay D A Em dry against the rain. CHORUS: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F G at the ones who stand and frown. G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F Em at the ones who stand and frown. CHORUS: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F G at the ones who stand and frown. G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F Em at the ones who stand and frown. OUTRO: G D F G D Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up F Em at the ones who stand and frown. A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.