Just Stay - Kevin Devine

I found my fickle friend

Out in the alley way

He said, «You don’t look so good»

I said, «Hey doc, that’s great»

You started practicing?

I never got the note

So let’s shake and trade

And be on our way

Let’s go, go, go

So here we are again

Inside your neon shrine

Sharing a chopping block

Beneath embarrassed light

That tries to hide from us

It tucks itself away

So we both grab hold

And say, «no you don’t»

Just stay, just stay

The morning’s hot and harsh

My notebook fills itself

The words come thick with sweat

It feels like someone else

Is writing all of this

Someone I just can’t believe

When I mop my brow

Set my pen back down

It’s still me, still me

And I’m grabbing at a feeling now

That I can’t ever name

Some sign post to remind me

How I wanted things this way

And she said, it’s pretty

But you hate yourself

I can hear it clear as day

And I say, I sing like this

It sounds worse than it is

I’m okay, okay

I’m okay, okay

I’m okay, okay

I’m okay, okay

So just stay, just stay

Just stay, just stay

I’m okay, okay

So just stay, just stay, just stay, just stay