Stay Lyrics
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They're the first to come and last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
They'll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
And that was sweet--
But I can hear the sound
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
And that's a sound they'll never know
Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
Haul them trusses down and get'em up them ramps
'Cause when it comes to moving me
You know you guys are the champs
But when that last guitar's been packed away
You know that I still want to play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
Before you come for my piano
But the band's on the bus
And they're waiting to go
We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
or Detroit, I don't know
We do so many shows in a row
And these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in the hotel rooms
And wander 'round backstage
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we remember why we came
Now we got country and western on the bus
R and B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
We've got rural scenes & magazines
We've got truckers on the CB
We've got Richard Pryor on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play
People you've got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
Or you can pull us through
Come along, sing the song
You know you can't go wrong
'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
You're going to wake up in your town
But we'll be scheduled to appear
A thousand miles away from here
People stay just a little bit longer
We want to play -- just a little bit longer
Now the promoter don't mind
And the union don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song
Oh won’t you stay just a little bit longer
Please, please, please say you will
Say you will
Oh please, please stay just a little bit more
And the roadies don’t mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song
JB wrote the Load Out. Stay is an old song from the early 60's by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Jackson changed it up a bit and does it much better.
i feel dumb, i did not see the other one. i am a moron.
this song is amazing... i love the chorus. Frankie valli and the four seasons might have done it better though...
wait... i was wrong... this version is much better...
So mellow and beautiful. Definitely the best version of this song.
I thought JB worte The Load Out and some other dude wrote Stay. Anyway, the is the quintessential rode song. He wants people to know that he loves performing songs and doing shows, but it's all the other behind-the-scenes stuff that is so monatonous and hard to cope with.
Also, correct me if I'm worng, on Stay, the second background singer solo, after the woman, is David Lyndley. His voice is so funny, but the crowd seems to love it.
And now I realized I posted this for the wrong song. Sorry. =(
you know on the last part, who is the person who sings "won't you stay" it sounds like a man and a woman????
Responding to Fbplyr67. Right, and I think the "Stay" part of the song which JB re-wrote is just magic! Genius on his part to recognize how well that song would work in combo with the Load Out. My internet music service occasionally plays the "Stay" part only. So disappointed, because the combo song is one of my all-time favorites!