What will you do when you get lonely
No one waitin' by your side
You've been runnin', hidin' much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride
Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Tried to give you consolation
Your old man let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down
Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind? [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/eric_clapton/eric_clapton_unplugged_layla_accoustic_version.html ]
Make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane
Please, don't say, "We'll never find a way"
Tell me all my love's in vain
Layla, got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind? Yeah, yeah
Layla, got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind? Yeah, yeah
Layla, got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Layla, got me on my knees
Layla, beggin', darlin', please
Layla, darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Layla is a love story between qays (majnun) & layla. Layla's father forbids her to marry qays. She marries another, qays finds this out & being so connsumed by his love that he goes mad becomes a poet writes poetry to her & wanders the desert until death. The locals have called him majnun (madman). This parallels eric clapton's love for patti boyd (who was married to geo harrison at the time). Eric was consumed with patti... Some of this story is repeated in "i am yours"