Watch this live performance of country music legend Don Williams of his song “Lay Down Beside Me.” This song was first recorded by Kenny Rogers on his 1977 self-titled album. Don Williams later released his own version which was released as the second single from his 1979 album, Expressions. The single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1979. Enjoy!

About Don Williams

“Scoring at least one major hit every year between 1974 and 1991, Don Williams had an impressive fifty-six chart records. Fifty of these reached the country Top Twenty, and forty-five made the Top Ten; seventeen went to #1. In 1978 he was the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Male Vocalist of the Year, and his recording of “Tulsa Time” was the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Single of the Year. In 1980, readers of London’s Country Music People magazine named him Artist of the Decade. Born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas, Don Williams learned guitar from his mother and performed in various country, folk, and rock & roll bands as a teenager. “(source: Don-Williams. com)

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Lay Down Beside Me Lyrics

Song by Don Williams

I’ve spent my life looking for you
Finding my way wasn’t easy to do
I know there was your all the while
And its been worth every mile

So lay down beside me
Love me and hide me
Kiss all the hurtin of this world away
Hold me so close that I feel your heartbeat
And don’t ever wander away

Mornings and evenings all were the same
And there was no music till I heard your name
But I knew when I saw you smile
Now I can rest for awhile

So lay down beside me
Love me and hide me
Kiss all the hurtin of this world away
Hold me so close that I feel your heartbeat
And don’t ever wander away

And don’t ever wander away…….

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Donald R. Williams

Lay Down Beside Me lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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