Lay Your Money Down

Lyrics

Verse
I was heading out the door, another date with Betty-Jo
Daddy stopped me on the porch and he said, whoa
You may treat her like a queen, but she won’t wear your crown
Til you pony up and lay your money down

Chorus
Lay your money down, boy, better lay your money down
Nothing comes from nothing, it don’t matter how you count
She may be your queen, but she’ll never wear your crown
Til you pony up and lay your money down

Verse
Window shopping on the square before the picture show
We’d had a bite to eat and turned to go
Something caught her eye, and when she saw that wedding gown
She said, pony up, boy,lay your money down

Chorus
Lay your money down now, better lay your money down
Nothing comes from nothing, it don’t matter how you count
When she saw the white perfection of that store bought wedding gown
She said, pony up and lay your money down

Verse
Now I’m sitting in this roadhouse to drown my sorrow slow
Thinking ‘bout them things that I don’t know
I guess Daddy had it right when he said she won’t wear my crown
Less I pony up and lay my money down

Chorus
Lay your money down, boy, better lay your money down
Nothing comes from nothing, it don’t matter how you count
I can’t stay here in this roadhouse to watch my sorrow drown
Guess I’ll you pony up and lay your money down

Lyric: George Klisby Smith & Kevin Reardon; Music: Kevin Reardon