Lay Him Down

duet with Carrie Newcomer
© Krista Detor 2007

On Silver Creek lay him down, (lay him down by the water)
On the banks of the creek (lay him down by the water)
And he’ll sing his sorrow from a place that’s hotter, lay him down,
(lay him down)

Lay him down.
Lay him down.
Oh the wage of sin is a place that’s hotter,
Lay him down.

To sin and woe lay him down, (lay him down by the water)
A wicked way, did he go (lay him down by the water)
And he sold his soul to a place that’s hotter, lay him down,
(lay him down)

Lay him down.
Lay him down.
Oh the wage of sin is a place that’s hotter,
Lay him down.

Robert Wright, lay him down, (lay him down by the water)
A bloody night when he fell (lay him down by the water)
through the gates of hell to a place that’s hotter, lay him down,
(lay him down)

Lay him down.
Lay him down.
Oh the wage of sin is a place that’s hotter,
Lay him down.

Child, look away, (lay him down, lay him down by the water)
From the grave that he made (lay him down by the water)
Or he’ll sing your sorrow from a place that’s hotter lay him down,
(lay him down)

Lay him down.
Lay him down.
Oh the wage of sin is a place that’s hotter,
Lay him down.

Lay him down.
Lay him down.