Lay, Lady, Lay

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Lay, lady, lay, 
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lay across my big brass bed
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Lay, lady, lay, 
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lay across my big brass bed
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Whatever colors you have 
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in your mind
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I'll show them to you 
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and you'll see them shine

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Lay, lady, lay, 
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lay across my big brass bed
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Stay, lady, stay, 
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stay with your man awhile
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Until the break of day, 
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let me see you make him smile
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His clothes are dirty but his 
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his hands are clean
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And you're the best thing that he's 
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ever seen

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Stay, lady, stay, 
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stay with your man awhile
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Why wait any longer for the world to begin
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You can have your cake and eat it too
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Why wait any longer for the one you love
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When he's standing 
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in front of you------

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Lay, lady, lay, 
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lay across my big brass bed
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stay, lady stay
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stay while the night is still ahead
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I long to see you in the 
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morning light
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I long to reach for you 
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in the night

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Stay, lady, stay, 
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stay while the night is still ahead