Verb Conjugator

If you’re a grammar stickler, then you’ll like this.  There’s a site that does verb conjugations called reverso.net.  It also has definitions and translations.  But I like the conjugations.  For example, the verb to lie (to rest extended somewhere or be situated) confounds people, and I hear it used incorrectly a lot.  Occasionally, I hear this verb in songs, such as Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I happen to remember that the "If I" part indicates the subjunctive tense, meaning the person in the song wishes for someone.  So I Google searched for subjunctive "to lie" and decided that I need a refresher on what subjunctive means.  I then checked Wikipedia’s page on English verbs and found out that in this song, the phrase "If I lay here" is using the imperfect subjunctive tense, which is identical to the simple past (AKA preterite) tense for all verbs (except for "to be").

Then I google searched conjugation "to lie" and after selecting the version of the verb that doesn’t mean telling an untruth, I saw that Snow Patrol was using correct grammar! I figured they would, but I’ve heard other songwriters like Bob Dylan use "to lie" incorrectly.  This is from his song, Lay Lady Lay.

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead

If Bob Dylan would have said "Lay yourself…" it would have been correct; however, he said "Lay across" with no object to correspond with the verb; in other words, he’s using lay like an intransitive verb, which is incorrect.  He meant "Lie across" because to lie (in the imperative tense here) is an intransitive verb.  However, "Lie, lady, lie" doesn’t rhyme with "Stay, lady, stay", and it doesn’t sound right–too close to the other to-tell-an-untruth version.  Also, lay and bed go better together.  Anyway, grammar nazi out!