Oh Lay Me Down Poem by David McLansky

Oh lay me down
On a bed of sorrow
So I don't rise
With the sun tomorrow;
That I might sleep
Away my woe
And end this grief
That I do know;

Oh lay me down
On a bed of sorrow
That I not wake
With the sun tomorrow,
That I might cry
Myself to sleep-
And I not rise
Once more to weep.

Oh lay me down
On a bed of sorrow,
That I might steal
Or beg or borrow
A bit of peace
From this world of strife
And escape the pain
Of this chain called life.