Stay

What is leaving gonna get you

Not the peace you hoped you’d find

When you toss it in the back seat

Like so much trash you left behind

I can chase you to the driveway

I ain’t afraid to make a scene

Cause we’re not breaking all our promises

Over words we know we didn’t mean

It’s easier to walk away

The hardest part is knowing when to

Stay, like the golden hour light, like the full moon on the rise

Stay, like the flower on the vine, like what I think is mine

Baby, what do we get when we stay

You know my demons like your own skin

And chose to love me anyway

It’s not so easy to hold me

You only bend so far before you break

We’ll start by counting all our blessings

More than the stars up in the sky

They never question why they’re turning

But they’re thankful for the ride

It’s easier to walk away

The hardest part is knowing when to

Stay, like the young man’s righteousness, Like the baby on the breast

Stay, like the winter’s wind that blows, on the springtime early rose

Baby, what do we get when we stay

Like the child who grows up too fast

And knowing nothing ever really lasts

When the memories fade away

Where’s the part of us that wants to stay

Stay, like the dream that we made real, like the heart that cannot heal

Stay, when the memories fade away, where’s the part that wants to stay

Baby, look what we get when we stay

Baby, look what we get when we stay

Baby, look what we get when we stay