Taylor Swift
All You Had to Do Was Stay lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:14
(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, 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)
All you had to do was (stay)
All you had to do was stay
Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say
I've been picking 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, 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)
All you had to do was (stay, stay, stay, stay, stay)
Let me remind you
This was what you wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
You ended it
You were all I wanted (oh, oh, 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, it 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, 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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Key vocabulary
- wanna
- want to
- you've
- you have
- aside
- to one sideB2
- picking
- choosing one by oneA2
- pushed
- past of push; moved with forceA2
- gone
- not here; finishedA1
- goodbye
- bye; farewellA1
- hand
- person's arm endA1
- it's
- it isA1
- late
- not on timeA1
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About this song
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who works in country and pop, known for albums and songwriting that blend autobiographical details with wide-ranging pop production and narrative storytelling. She is recognized for her major crossover from Nashville country to mainstream pop, including landmark releases like Red and 1989, and for the global Eras Tour.