The WELL: deadsongs.vue.202: To Lay Me Down

#3: from JEFF FERMON (tnf) Sat 29 May 04 22:09

Sat, 29 May 2004 22:09:00 PDT

Jeff Fermon writes:

"with my head in sparkling clover" is such an evocative line. the imagery is such that although robert wrote these lines from his own experience and imagination, i can't help but picture jerry laying in a field, the rim of his glasses reflecting the sunlight and fluffy clouds on the lenses, a slight grin beneath his beard and his hands folded upon his rising and falling chest. just laying there, daydreaming, watching the clouds...one last time. [Read entire topic]

#2: Alex Allan (alexallan) Mon 10 May 04 17:14

Mon, 10 May 2004 17:14:00 PDT

From Hunter's liner notes for the re-issue of "Garcia" in the box set "So Many Roads":

"'To Lay Me Down' was written a while before the others, on the same day as the lyrics to 'Brokedown Palace' and 'Ripple' - the second day of my first visit to England. I found myslef left alone in Alan Trist's flat on Devonshire Terrace in West Kensington, with a supply of very nice thick linen paper, sun shining brightly through the window, Retsina wine at my elbow. The songs flowed like molten gold onto the page and stand as written.

"The images for 'To Lay Me Down' were inspired at Hampstead Heath (the original title to the song) the day before - lying on the grass and clover on a day of swallowtailed clouds, across from Jack Straw's Castle, reunited with the girlfriend of my youth after a long separation."

[For those who don't know London, Jack Straw's Castle is a pub near Hampstead Heath, named after the leader of the 1381 Peasant's Revolt] [Read entire topic]

#1: Alex Allan (alexallan) Mon 8 Sep 03 19:57

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:57:00 PDT

To Lay Me Down Lyrics: Robert Hunter Music: Jerry Garcia

Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

To lay me down once more, to lay me down With my head in sparkling clover Let the world go by, all lost in dreaming To lay me down one last time, to lay me down

To be with you once more, to be with you With our bodies close together Let the world go by, like clouds a-streaming To lay me down one last time, to lay me down

To lay me down, to lay me down To lay me down one last time, to lay me down

To lie with you once more, to lie with you With our dreams entwined together To wake beside you, my love still sleeping To tell sweet lies one last time and say goodnight

To lay me down, to lay me down To lay me down one last time, to lay me down [Read entire topic]

#0: David Dodd (ddodd) Mon 8 Sep 03 09:42

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:42:00 PDT

To Lay Me Down w: Hunter m: Garcia AGDL: http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/tlay.html LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/TOLAYMED.HTM [Read entire topic]