LAY DOWN YR MOUNTAIN

by Allen Ginsberg

Lay down Lay down yr mountain Lay down God

Lay down Lay down your music   Love lay down

Lay down Lay down yr hatred Lay yrself down

Lay down Lay down your nation Lay your foot on the rock

Lay down yr whole Creation Lay yr mind down

Lay down Lay down yr empire Lay your whole world down

Lay down your soul forever Lay your vision down

Lay down yr bright body Down your golden heavy crown

Lay down Lay down yr magic hey! Alchemist lay it down clear

Lay down your practice precisely Lay down yr wisdom dear

Lay down yr camera Lay down yr image right

Lay down your image Lay down light

Lay down your ignorance Roll yr wheel once more

Lay down yr suffering Lay down yr Lion’s Roar

October 31, 1975

Spoken word version from Unspoken Words.

Copyright © 1998 by Jim Cohn.

Text from Allen Ginsberg Collected Poems: 1947-1980 (Harper & Row)

Copyright © 1994 by Poetry Music, Inc., Allen Ginsberg.

Used by permission of the author.