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 felt that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong
'Cause I missed you

Yeah yeah, I missed you
You say I only hear what I want to

I don't listen hard, don't pay attention
To the distance that you're running
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearin’ negative, no, no, no, bad

So I turned the radio on
I turned the radio up
And this woman was singin’ my song
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay

Some of us hover when we weep for the other
Who was dyin’ since the day they were born
Well, well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwin’, 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
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong
'Cause I missed you

Yeah, I missed you
You said you caught me 'cause you want me and one day you'll let me go
You try to give away a keeper, or keep me 'cause you know
You're just so scared to lose
And you say, stay
You say I only hear what I want to

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