Lay Down Beside Me

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| name = Lay Down Beside Me

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| type = single

| artist = Don Williams

| album = Expressions

| B-side = I Would Like to See You Again

| released = March 17, 1979

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| genre = Country

| length = 2:53

| label = MCA

| writer = Don Williams

| producer = Don Williams, Garth Fundis

| prev_title = Tulsa Time

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = It Must Be Love

| next_year = 1979

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"Lay Down Beside Me" is a song written by American country music artist Don Williams. It was first recorded by Jeanne Pruett on her 1974 self-titled album, and later recorded by Kenny Rogers on his 1977 self-titled album.

Williams later released his own version which was released as the second single from his 1979 album, Expressions. The single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1979.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=386}}