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I've been sittin' here, starin' at the clock on the wall
And I've been layin' here, prayin'
Prayin' she won't call
It's just another call from home, and you'll get it
And be gone, and I'll be cryin'
And I'll be beggin' you, baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waitin'
My heart on my sleeve
Oh, for the next time we'll be here
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dyin'
What do I have to do to make you see
She can't love you like me?
[Chorus]
Why don't you stay?
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
Don't I give you what you need?
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
You keep tellin' me, baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms
And forever be in mine
But I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like bein' used, and I'm tired of waitin'
It's too much pain to have to bear
To love a man you have to share
[Chorus]
I can't take it any longer, but my will is gettin' stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all that I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you?
So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine
Why don't you stay?
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
And I've been layin' here, prayin'
Prayin' she won't call
It's just another call from home, and you'll get it
And be gone, and I'll be cryin'
And I'll be beggin' you, baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waitin'
My heart on my sleeve
Oh, for the next time we'll be here
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dyin'
What do I have to do to make you see
She can't love you like me?
[Chorus]
Why don't you stay?
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
Don't I give you what you need?
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
You keep tellin' me, baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms
And forever be in mine
But I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like bein' used, and I'm tired of waitin'
It's too much pain to have to bear
To love a man you have to share
[Chorus]
I can't take it any longer, but my will is gettin' stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all that I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you?
So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine
Why don't you stay?
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of bein' lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
Lyrics submitted by Crazeysexycool
Track duration: 04:44
"Stay" as written by John Shanks, Miley Cyrus
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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I don't normally go for country music, and I detest songs about cheating, but this song just blows me away. Simple, straightforward, and no explanation needed. Listen to it back-to-back with Faith Hill's Cry and I swear you'll be sobbing for a good half hour, at least!(They just happen to be on my playlist in that order. Ugh.)
cruzntopless, while I don't condone cheating(been cheated on WAAAY too many times to make that leap), there ARE exceptions to every rule. Now, if the woman went into the relationship KNOWING "her" man was married, then, the ho got what she deserved. However, what if, like so many situations, she didn't know he was married until it was WAY too late to back out of? Like they'd been together a couple of years with him successfully hiding his marital status up to that point? Or if he told his lover that he was married, but separated or in the middle of a divorce, then strung them both along until she realized the truth of the situation? And while you and I might have left as soon as we realized something like this was going on, a woman in love wants to believe the best in her man. And it's so much easier for the "other woman" to believe a man's lies: He's not in love with his wife, but staying for the sake of the kids, or because she's sick(physically or mentally), or because she'd ruin him financially or the millions of other lies that can fall from a man's lips so very easily. As long as one or both women involved don't start "nagging," the only one truly happy in that situation is HIM.
Anyway, awesome song, phenomenal video, excellent artists!
With the vague words, it makes me want to view it as both females could have been in the start of the relationship (maybe she didn't know how long for the other woman) and she was waiting for him to drop the other woman with all the promises he (men) made just to keep her lured in for however long he want her to be with him.
Since women fall too hard after bedding together, it does lead me to believe that she was the second woman in a married relationship. One thing leads to another when your attracted to someone and reality is not at-hand so he didn't stop it in the first place. He wanted a piece of that cake and eat it too just like the typical lifetime single man today who will probably always will be. There is no satisfying a man like that huh?
I don't think any band members were that because he was probably understanding that it wasn't nice of him to do that to her. I have seen it too but not sure how much was hidden. I have had an invite with a married man but I very much so declined it, because I don't want that to happen to me if something ever comes around. Wake up women, if he as already made his bed, he is not going anywhere, You are just the side dish, he won't ever leave her for you!!!!! All you do is promote this in all men then nobody is happy and once you go away and then the wife finds out then he won't pick either of those two in the end.
She does show alot of power when she can't take it any longer for waiting and "I'm up off my knees" and maybe that "stay" is now stay where you are in her bed and now you can't "stay" with me. It is not easy being drawn into that situation especially when you have no clue whats going on but once you find out, you should immediately drop him. I am sure there are clues when you can't enter his house and everything is set away from the home town. Even if he has kids, watch out he still has to see her once in a while!!
But also think about a woman falling in love, but the man cannot leave his mother. She won't allow him to move on and be happy with the woman he loves. She constantly causes hell in their relationship because she wants to know her son is still loyal to her (I've been praying she won't call).
But a man can't choose his mother over his wife and have a healthy marriage. Finally, his wife decides she doesn't have to live this way, and decides to leave her husband (here is where all those cheating lines come in "she can't love you like me," "to love a man you have to share" "I've given you my best, why does she get the best of you?"
It breaks her heart because she is so in love with this man, and she doesn't want to leave him. So she asks him to start putting her first, and to put their marriage first, because she is fed up and to her, if he isn't willing to put more effort into their marriage, the only other option is leaving him, and finding happiness on her own.
My mom and i sing this song all the time. we've both experienced something like this in our life, it's our favorite song to sing out of all the sugarland cd's. I love Sugarland so much this is such a beautiful song.
----Love this song.. having been the other woman myself, this song hits it right on the head. Sucks, shitty decisions we make but.. I'm sorry, I did it. This song hits every feeling you go through when making this shitty decision.