Oh, she sang this too   



My mother must have been a fan, because I remember her singing that song to me too when I was a little kid.

I just Googled her and Melanie died in 2024 - the same year my mother died   

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 12^th, 2026 at 10:32pm:



Ohh dear - your poor mother.

Yeah - good song.

Now - let's see how good your musical ear is.
Who is doing backing vocals at 1:42   ?

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 12^th, 2026 at 10:59pm:



You have a good musical ear -  I picked it too.   

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 12^th, 2026 at 11:03pm:



He could never make an anonymous phone call.   

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Lay down - lyrics - Melanie Safka


Little sisters of the sun lit
Candles in the rain
Fed the world on oats and raisins
Candles in the rain
Lit the fire to the soul
Who never knew his friends
Meher Baba lives again
Candles in the rain
To be there is to remember
Lay it down again
Lay down
Lay down
Lay it down again
Men can live as brothers
Candles in the rain..

Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
At the ones who stand and frown

So raise the candles high
Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain


We were so close, there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace
Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away