[Intro]

    x2


[Verse 1]
             
I remember I w

   
as singing abo

ut September
             
When you walke

              
d across the b

              
oardwalk to th

   
at smoky bar
             
And I'd been s

              
inging for the

   
 last six nigh

ts
             
And I could ba

              
rely talk to t

              
ell you just h

   
ow pretty you 

were
             
But you were a

              
s pretty as a 


preachers wife

 on Sunday
             
And I was usel

              
ess like a chu

              
rch bell on a 


Friday night
             
I felt like a 

            
tragedy all dr

essed in dirty

 clothes
             
When you walke

              
d out before I

       
 could say


[Pre-Chorus 1]
         
How when you s

topped in
        
And the world 

stopped spinni

ng
             
I gotta let yo

  
u know
         
Just how I've 

become an arti

st
    
And how things

 fall apart
             
It's the only 

        
thing I know


[Chorus]
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
              
Would you just

         
 stay here
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
             
We can just st

       
ay here


[Verse 2]
             
Spent the whol

         
e next night o

n the telephon

e
             
We were both a

              
lone and waiti

        
ng on a change
             
And I remember

        
 I felt as sua

ve as a prom d

ate
             
15 minutes lat

              
e in a rented 

             
suit and his m

other's car
             
The next night

              
 was a Monday 

             
and you came o


ver to my hous

e
             
We hardly talk

              
ed about anyth

     
ing, but it ne

ver got quiet 

until we
             
Kissed our fir

              
st of many and

     
 the clock han

ds took reprie

ve
             
From the round

              
 the clock lab

            
or of their da

y to day


[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
'Cause when yo

u stopped in
        
And the world 

stopped spinni

ng
             
I've gotta let

     
 you know
              
That I know it

            
 will, I don't

              
 know when tha

            
t time will ma

tter again
             
But I don't wa

              
nt to let you 


go


[Chorus]
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
              
Would you just

         
 stay here
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
             
We can just st

     
ay here


[Instrumental]

     


[Verse 3]
             
I was thinking

           
 I'd swing by 

sometime aroun

d midnight
             
Turn my headli

              
ghts off when 

      
I get near
             
Let's say you 

              
and me, we get

     
 the hell out 

of this town
             
'Cause we're t

              
he only thing 

          
that ever happ

ened here
             
I've got 50 do

              
llars and if w

  
e ride with th

e windows down
             
And I screen m

              
y smokes I thi

         
nk we'll make 

it into Georgi

a
    
And we'll impr

ovise from the

re
   
Everybody know

 from here
              
That you can't

             
 go to hell wi

              
thout passing 

        
through Atlant

a first
     
I'll find a de

ad end job and
       
Try to write a

 dead end song
             
Just thoughtle

              
ss enough to m

        
ake the radio
    
And we'll drin

k wine like wa

ter
   
As if we had a

 sorrow to dro

wn
             
If that don't 

          
work it's alri

ght baby
            
We can just st

       
ay here
             
We can just st

      
ay here


[Pre-Chorus 3]
             
Because when y


ou stopped in
        
And the world 

stopped spinni

ng
             
I gotta let yo

  
u know
         
Just how I've 

become an arti

st
   
At how things 

fall apart
             
It's the only 

        
thing I know


[Chorus]
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
              
Would you just

         
 stay here
              
Won't you just

        
 stay here
             
We can just la

     
y here


[Bridge]
            
We can just st

       
ay here
             
We can just st

       
ay here
            
We can get awa

      
y dear
             
We can just la

      
y here


[Outro]
             
I remember I w

   
as singing abo

ut September
             
When you walke

              
d across the b

            
oardwalk to th

at smoky bar