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Thread #114979   Message #4136494
Posted By: PHJim
13-Feb-22 - 02:47 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Subject: RE: Origin: Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Eric did several verions, but here's one of 'em

Baby Let Me Lay It On You - Eric Von Schmidt

I say, "Baby let me lay it on you, just let me lay it on you.
Well, I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you

Well, I'd buy you a Cadillac car; don't want you to go very far
Well, I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you

And I'd get you a diamond ring, ooo-just to see you shake that thing
Well, I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you

Well, I'd get you a brand new suit; I'd slit your throat to boot - Who wrote that?
Blind Boy Fuller? Gary David? Sounds like Newt Gingrich to me.

Well I'd write I'll get you a brand new dress, so you don't have to look a mess
Yes, I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you

You know I'd take you to the moon and the stars; let you shake your shimmy upon Mars
And I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you

Now Bobby Dylan put me into a song. I said the song keeps rollin' along
Now I don't get no royalties, but that's all right with me.

I said, "Baby let me lay it on you, just let me lay it on you.
Well, I'd do anything in this Gawd-a-mighty world if you'd just let me lay it on you