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My Gen X Playlist: Lay, Lady Lay – Duran Duran

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So, I’m currently taking a career break. For the first time in years, my days are not filled with stress. I don’t wake up in the middle of the night thinking about work. I’m now sleeping 6-7 hours per night. I’m not putting in 10-12 hour intense filled days at the office. My blood pressure is down. My weight is down. My water, fruit and vegetable consumption are up. Exercise is up. I’m spending more time with friends again socially. It’s fun to laugh once again.

My job these past months has been to get healthy. Am I enjoying it? A resounding yes. And I realize it’s a blessing that I am able to take some time off. I don’t take it lightly. In the meantime, I also get to share a few songs and engage with interesting people through this blog. How can I not enjoy this?

Smooth Radio did a survey of the most relaxing songs. Bob Dylan made number 14 with Lay, Lady Lay. I grew up listening to the Duran Duran cover version. Dylan fans may cry foul and that’s understandable. I like the Duran Duran version because it reminds me of my younger days.

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Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed

Whatever colors you have in your mind
I show them to you and you see them shine

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while
Until the break of day
Let me see you make him smile

His clothes are dirty but his
His hands are clean
And you are the best thing
That he's ever seen

Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while

Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it, too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead

I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night

Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead
Lay lady lay
Stay

26 thoughts on “My Gen X Playlist: Lay, Lady Lay – Duran Duran”

  4. We are indeed in a similar boat these days, friend. Like you, I have found it to mostly be a blessing.
    I am not the world’s biggest Dylan fan, but I do happen to like this song, and Duran Duran to boot, so I am in your camp on this one. 👍

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      1. That’s a nice way to put it. I tend to like his music more when others perform it 😄

        I have before, but I lost my way for a spell. It’s good to be back on the path.

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  6. It’s so smart to put your health first. By the way, have you noticed the resurgence in “yacht rock”? I wonder if that’s related to the increasingly stressful news we’re always getting.

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    1. Yacht rock… I had no idea what this was until I just looked it up. Interesting. I think you are right about the news. The tension here and abroad is probably at all time highs. I can’t imagine it getting any worse, but I don’t want to jinx it

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  11. Whoa! I never knew Duran Duran covered this song! Thanks for introducing their version to me.

    This song, mind you the Dylan version as Duran Duran were still kids back then, reminds me of trips to the beach with my oldest brother and his girlfriend. It would often play on the radio as we drove home in the waning sunlight.

    I like things about both versions… it’s a cool interpretation.

    And I’m glad to know your break is having so many positive results for you. Hopefully in a few years you can join me in making not working a permanent lifestyle! As you’ve seen, there’s plenty to fill the time. Heck, I can’t even keep up with blogs!

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    1. I like how music triggers certain memories. Beach trips, long roads home, sundown. There has to be a poem somewhere in there. Thanks for sharing your nostalgia.

      Yes, I’m looking forward to retirement some day!

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      1. I really like that, too.

        And it’s you should say that; I actually did write something about it, though it was for the former sister-in-law’s memorial service about five years ago. Life is short, thank goodness for memories.

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