Bernard Butler

Stay

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These days are wastin' away
The kind I'd rather save

Don't go, stay...
Don't go, stay...

I, I hope it don't rain
The sky is laughing again

Don't go, stay... this time
Don't go, just stay... this time

I know I've gotta move with the times
For you to be mine, for you to be mine
I tried to believe what you say
That you won't change if you just stay

Don't go, just stay... this time

I know I've gotta move with the times
For you to be mine, for you to be mine
I tried to believe what you say
That you won't change if you just stay

Don't go, stay... this time
Don't go, just stay... this time

You remember that fears on your side
Good people gonna keep you alive
And you remember the tears in my eyes
When all the things you do blow your mind

Don't go, stay... this time
Don't go, just stay... this time

Stay, stay
Don't go
Stay...
Don't go

Don't go
Stay...

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ruben On Jul 15, 2003

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2003-07-15 00:12:35

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by Mode000

21y ago

I've been trying to get this song on my guitar. When my girlfriend played it for me that one night before we saw a movie... I really thought it was one of those time-less songs. This song can mean many different things to a lot of people but in reality it all ties down to the same thing and it's heartache, longing, anxiety, yearning, desire and stinging pain. Mostly all for another person. Sometimes... things just don't go your way.

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by mrgrumble

10y ago

A kind of lost 90's classic for me. It builds and builds into a wonderful crescendo.

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