All You Had To Do Was Stay

Album: 1989 (2014)
Charted: 20
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  • (Hey, hey, hey)
    (Hey, hey, hey)
    (Hey, hey, hey)
    (Hey, hey, hey)

    People like you always want back the love they gave away
    And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
    The more I think about it now, the less I know
    All I know is that you drove us off the road

    (Stay) hey, all you had to do was stay
    Had me in the palm of your hand then
    Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
    (Stay) hey, now you say you want it back
    Now that it's just too late
    Well, could've been easy
    All you had to do was (stay)

    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was stay

    Here you are now, callin' me up, but I don't know what to say
    I've been pickin' up the pieces of the mess you made
    People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
    But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye

    (Stay) hey, all you had to do was stay
    Had me in the palm of your hand then
    Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
    (Stay) hey, now you say you want it back
    Now that it's just too late
    Well, could've been easy
    All you had to do was (stay)

    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was (stay, stay, stay, stay)

    Let me remind you, this was what you wanted (oh, oh, oh)
    You ended it
    You were all I wanted (oh, oh, oh)
    But not like this
    Not like this
    Not like this
    Oh, all you had to do was

    (Stay) hey, all you had to do was stay
    Had me in the palm of your hand then
    Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
    (Stay) hey, now you say you want it back
    Now that it's just too late
    Well, could've been easy
    All you had to do was (stay)
    Hey, all you had to do was stay
    Had me in the palm of your hand then
    Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
    (Stay) hey, now you say you want it back
    Now that it's just too late
    Well, could've been easy (all you had to do was stay)
    All you had to do was (stay)

    All you had to do was (stay) (oh)
    All you had to do was (stay)
    All you had to do was (stay) (ooh)
    All you had to do was (stay) Writer/s: Martin Max, Taylor Alison Swift
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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