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"Lay All Your Love on Me" is a song that is featured in the 2008 live-action feature film, Mamma Mia!. In the film, the song is performed by Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper, who play Sophie and Sky, a young couple who are about to get married on a Greek island. The song is used as a background for a scene where Sky and his friends strip off their clothes and dive into the sea, while Sophie watches them from a boat.

Lyrics[]

Sophie:
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

Sky:
I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every man that I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

But now it isn't true
Now everything is new
And all I've learned
Has overturned
I beg of you

Sophie:
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little small talk, a smile, and baby, I was stuck

I still don't know what you've done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily
I feel a kind of fear
When I don't have you near

Unsatisfied
I skip my pride
I beg you dear

Sky:
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

Both:
I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

'Cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I've learned
Has overturned
What can I do?

Sky:
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

Sophie:
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me


v - e - d
Media
Mamma Mia! (soundtrack/video) • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (soundtrack/video)
Characters
Original: Donna SheridanSam CarmichaelHarry BrightRosie MulliganSky RamandSophie SheridanTanya Chesham-LeighLisaAliStannosGregorisPepperEddiePetrosFather AlexAgnes

Sequel: Fernando CienfuegosRuby SheridanSofiaAlexioLazarosYumikoMr. TatyamaDr. Inge HorvathDon Rafael Cienfuegos

Locations
Bella DonnaKalokairiGreece
Songs
Original: I Have a DreamHoney, HoneyMoney, Money, MoneyMamma MiaChiquititaSuper TrouperDancing QueenOur Last SummerLay All Your Love on MeGimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)Voulez-VousSOSDoes Your Mother KnowSlipping Through My FingersThe Winner Takes It AllI Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I DoWhen All is Said and DoneTake a Chance on MeWaterlooThank You for the Music

Sequel: When I Kissed the TeacherOne of UsWhy Did It Have to Be Me?Kisses of FireAndante, AndanteThe Name of the GameKnowing Me, Knowing YouAngel EyesHasta MañanaHole in Your SoulI've Been Waiting for YouFernandoMy Love, My Life

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