"If You Lie Down with Me" is a song by Lana Del Rey, from her eighth studio album and seventh major-label studio album Blue Banisters. It was originally written in 2013 with her then-boyfriend Barrie-James O'Neill for Ultraviolence, it also features writing credits from Drew Erickson.
Background[]
Though the song was originally written in 2013, the song was properly reworked for Blue Banisters.[S 1]
Cross-references[]
- Lying down is mentioned in "Fucked My Way Up To The Top", "Joshy & I", "Ben" and also in the background vocals of "Ultraviolence".
- The 4th of July is also mentioned in "You Can Be the Boss", and the song of the same name.
- The chant in the chorus is similar to that of "American" and "I Talk to Jesus".
- Trucks are also mentioned in "Violets for Roses", "Kinda Outta Luck", "Bartender", and "Happiness Is a Butterfly".
- The phrase "we both know" also appears in "Honeymoon" and "Diet Mountain Dew".
- "Dance me all around the room" is also used in "Smarty".
- "Spinning like a ballerina" is also used in "Queen of Disaster".
- The line "Put your red boots on, baby giddy up" is similar to "Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me" from "Swan Song".
- Dancing is also mentioned in "California", "Lust for Life", "Prom Song (Gone Wrong)", "When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing", and "The Grants", among several others.
Lyrics[]
Put your red boots on, baby, giddyup
Baby wants to dance, baby gets her way
Treat me nice, talk to me with that whiskey breath
Twirl me twice, I'll treat you like a holiday
And don't say you're over me
When we both know that you ain't
Don't say you're over me
Babe, it's already too late
Just do what you do best with me
Dance me all around the room
Spin me like a ballerina, super high
Dance me all around the moon
Light me up like the Fourth of July
Once, twice, three times the guy I
Ever thought I would meet, so
Don't say you're over me
When we both know that you lie
If you lie down, lie next to me
La-la, la-la la, la-la, la-lie
If you lie down, lie next to me
La-la, la-la la, la-la, la-lie
When you lie down, lie next to me
Get your jacket on, be a gentleman
Get into your truck and pick me up at eight
'Cause we were built for the long-haul freight train
Burnt by fire without trial like a stowaway
And don't say you're over me
When they all know that you ain't
If you lay down, lie next to me
Dance me all around the room
Spin me like a ballerina, super high
Dance me all around the moon
Like, six times till I'm sick and I cry
Once, twice, three times the guy I
Ever thought I would meet, so
Don't say you're over me
When they all know that you're lying
If you lie down, lie next to me
La-la, la-la la, la-la, la-lie (You lie, you lie)
If you lie down, lie next to me
La-la, la-la la, la-la, la-lie (You lie, you lie)
When you lie down, lie next to me
Credits[]
Personnel
- Lana Del Rey — songwriting, production, vocals, horn arrangement
- Drew Erickson — songwriting, production, mixing, piano, horn arrangement, drums, drum programming, bass, Moog bass, Prophet, mellotron
- Barrie-James O'Neill — songwriting, additional production
- Michael Harris — engineering, mixing
- Dean Reid — acoustic guitar, engineering, mixing
- Jon Sher — assistant engineering
- Ben Fletcher — assistant engineering
- Adam Ayan — mastering
- Blake Cooper — tuba
- Dan Fornero — trumpets
- Dan Rosenboom — trumpets
- Wayne Bergeron — trumpets
- Loren Humphrey — drums
References[]
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