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Ellie Goulding - I Wish I Stayed iTunes Festival 2010
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Vocals
Joe Clegg
Joe Clegg
Drums
Chris Ketley
Chris Ketley
Keyboards
Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Starsmith
Starsmith
Producer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Why can't we speak another language?
One we all agree on
Why when men look outside, they see houses
Instead of the fields they grew from?
We are constantly uprooted from them
Making us tiresome and fearful
Can you get up right now and
Endeavor to freefall?
'Cause you can fall if you want to
It's just a matter of how far
You've treasured your hometown
You've forgotten where you are
And it will stay with you
Till your mind's been found
And it has been found wandering around
With that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away
But I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
Patterns all arranged in my background
These pillars and posts keeping this country on form
Letters were all sent with no addresses
So that people can't discover that we're always undercover
Why do I always draw triangles
Instead of the words this paper so deserves?
'Cause, you see, I don't own my clothes, but I own my mind
And it's not what you've lost, but it's what you find
You found that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
'Cause you can fall if you want to
It's just a matter of how far
You've treasured your hometown
You've forgotten where you are
And it will stay with you
Till your mind's been found
And it has been found wandering around
With that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
Written by: Ellie Goulding
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