Roy Orbisons: Pretty Woman
The title was supposedly inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his friend interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money."
In 1999, the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #222 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
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Melanie; candles in the rain
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world spins 'round.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world's spinning 'round.
We were so close there was no room,
We bled inside each other's wounds,
We all had caught the same disease,
We all sang the songs of peace.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world spins 'round.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world's spinning 'round.
So raise your candles high,
Oh, did you know we could save black against the night?
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world spins 'round.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world's spinning 'round.
We were so close there was no room,
We bled inside each other's wounds,
We all had caught the same disease,
We all sang the songs of peace.
Some came to sing,
Some came to pray,
Some came to keep
The dark away.
So raise your candles high,
Oh, did you know we could save black against the sky?
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down,
Let your white bird smile up
While the world spins around.
Sorry TTH, not this time.
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