STAY
by Lisa Loeb

 
You say I only hear what I want to
You say I talk so all the time, so.

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving,
Now I know that I did something wrong cuz I missed you.
yeah, I missed you.

You say I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard,
I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running
Or to anyone, anywhere,
I don't understand if you really care,
I'm only hearing negative: no, no, no.

So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song.
The lover's in love, and the others run away,
The lover is crying cuz the other won't stay.

Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
dying since the day they were born,
Well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown.

And I thought I'd live forever, but now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever,
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you.

You said that I was naive,
And I thought that I was strong.
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave"
But now I know that I was wrong, cuz I missed you.

You said, "you caught you cuz you want me and one day you'll let me go"
You try to give away a keeper, or keep me cuz you know you're just scared to lose.
and you say, "stay."

You say I only hear what I want to.

 

* * Bryce covered "Stay" in Atlanta on 9/3/03, Nashville on 9/4/03, Oklahoma City on 9/7/03, and on "The Adventure Club" show on Dallas radio station KDGE on 4/4/04.

 
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