“The first version of the lyric vanished during the breakup with an ex-girlfriend. The second vanished during my first marriage. (My wife hated it, so I don’t suppose she stole it.) This is number three – the lyric, that is. I have an ex-rated musical career.”
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Lyrics
Let Me Lie Easy
I don’t want to hear that the show must go on
I know that the world keeps on turning
But how can you ask me to rise with the lark
With this pain in my heart still burning?
(ch) Let me lie easy, let me lie late/Let me lie low, let the world wait
Let me lie easy, let me lie late/Please let me sleep till it’s over
The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn
The dogs call in vain for their master
Just give me a while to untangle my threads
And Little Boy Blue will come after
The summer’s near gone and the year’s on the wane
The harvest stands ripened and wasting
Just give me an hour to unscramble my head
And I promise I’ll not keep you waiting
credits
Words & music by David A. Harley.
David A. Harley 1949 – 2025
TRAVEL WORDS 
An enjoyable piece, Jude. And definitely a self-deprecating sense of humour, too.
I believe this was first written while he was still at school. He started young.
He certainly had a way with both words and music.
One of his more folkier tunes.
As Margaret has said – a definite way with words,and wit a style of music that invites you to listen