Janis Ian

When I Lay Down
They said lay down in the water Even though you don’t believe All your sins will be forgiven And your soul will be redeemed So I walked into the water And I fell down to my knees And I took out some insurance And I bought a little peace But when I lay down, I lied When I lay down, I lied He said - darling do you love me I and I said - sure I do And I led him to believe me As I proved that it was true Well I let my body love him God knows I really tried And the comfort of it touched him And his heart was satisfied But when I lay down, I lied When I lay down, I lied …to make them happy And I lied so they would care SongtexteI lied ‘cause I was lonely And I lied ‘cause I was scared I lied so some would leave me And I lied so some would stay I lied until I lied my life away I dreamed my life was over And they laid me in my grave I was frightened of forever And the price I’d have to pay And I thought that god would hate me ‘cause I’d lived my life in sin But (I felt the truth embrace me) (he knelt down to embrace me) (As heaven let me in) (And together, we walked in) And when I lay down I lay down and cried Aus Songtexte Mania