Dylancover du jour: Lay lady lay – Everly Brothers

Het is nog maar de vraag of dit een cover mag heten: dit nummer is eerst aan de broers aangeboden, die er evenwel niets in zagen.
In 1984 namen ze het alsnog op. Ze waren heel goed in het missen van mogelijke hits. Evengoed hebben ze een schitterend repertoire opgebouwd.

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

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

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

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