1716 – Eric Clapton – Lay down Sally (1977)

Escrita por Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy e George Terry, foi gravada no Olympic Studio em Barnes, Londres, em maio de 1977 e lançada em 25 de novembro de 1977, no disco Slowhand, o quinto da carreira do artista. Saiu também em compacto, com Cocaine como Lado B, também em novembro de 1977. Glyn Johns foi o produtor. Chegou ao número 3 dos charts Billboard Hot 100. Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá, número 2 na Hungria, número 5 no Japão, número 8 na Suécia, número 12 na França, número 16 na Nova Zelandia, número 38 na Itália, número 39 no Reino Unido e número 57 na Austrália. Trata-se de um country-blues no estilo de J.J. Cale. Chegou também ao número 26 do Billboard Country Singles. Foi regravada por Jerry Garcia, entre outros artistas. Eric Clapton tocou guitarra e cantou. Marcy Levy e Yvonne Elliman fizeram backing vocals. George Terry tocou guitarra. Carl Radle tocou baixo. Dick Sims tocou piano elétrico. Jamie Oldaker tocou bateria.

A letra:

There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me
I know you've got somewhere to go
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?
And don't you ever leave

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

Sun ain't nearly on the rise
We still got the moon and stars above
Underneath the velvet skies, love is all that matters
Won't you stay with me? Don't you ever leave

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, and no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

I long to see the morning light
Color in your face so dreamily
So don't you go and say goodbye
You can lay your worries down and stay with me
And don't you ever leave

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you
Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

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