He sits in the shade of the old Jacaranda   Quietly reading a line   A military man in his seaside weekender   He sings to his old Valentine      Chorus ~   Better not go near the water   Better stop fooling around   Chasing your waterfalls   Deep in your corner   Lay your weary head down      A military man he lives in the valley   For richer or poorer   For better or worse   He walks alone through curtains of Sallies   On carpets of Pattersons' Curse      Chorus      Long ago when your ship sailed the Suez   You cracked as you loaded a round   Long ago all the young men saluted   Lay your weary head down   Lay your weary head down   Lay it down      Chorus +   Lay your weary head down   Lay your weary head down