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All You Had To do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor Swift

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All You Had To do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)

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(Hey, hey, hey)(Hey, hey, hey)(Hey, hey, hey)(Hey, hey, hey)People like you always want backThe love they gave awayAnd people like me wanna believe youWhen you say you've changedThe more I think about it nowThe less I knowAll I know is that you drove usOff the road(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stayHad me in the palm of your hand, thenWhy'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it backNow that it's just too late, well, could've been easyAll 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 stayHere you are now, calling me upBut I don't know what to sayI've been pickin' up the piecesOf the mess you madePeople like you always want backThe love they pushed asideBut people like me are gone foreverWhen you say goodbye(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stayHad me in the palm of your hand, thenWhy'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it backNow that it's just too late, well, could've been easyAll 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, stay)Let me remind youThis was what you wanted (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)You ended itYou were all I wanted (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)But not like thisNot like this, not like thisOh, all you had to do was(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stayHad me in the palm of your hand, thenWhy'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it backNow that it's just too late, well, could've been easyAll you had to do was(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stayHad me in the palm of your hand, thenWhy'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it backNow that it's just too late, well, it 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)

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