Melanie Songs - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Lyrics

Melanie - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

Melanie - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Released: 1970

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Lyrics

Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the
Ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the
Ones who stand and frown

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each others wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the
Ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the
Ones who stand and frown

So, raise the candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the night
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do
We could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So, raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't, we could stay

Black against the sky
Oh, oh, raise them higher again, and if you do
We could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down, let it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

Writer/s: MELANIE SAFKA
Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

Melanie (last name: Safka) performed in the rain at Woodstock after she became a household name with "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma." When the rain stopped, members of the crowd lit candles to let other people know that everything was "bright" (OK). Melanie was so moved by the sight that she wrote this song to commemorate it, then asked the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#2 "Oh Happy Day") to back her up. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)