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All You Had to Do Was Stay — 1989 | The Swift Dictionary

All You Had to Do Was Stay

1989Track 53 vocabulary words

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Lyrics

(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 stay

Here 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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Vocabulary

aside

Beginner

To a position away from the main area or activity. It can also mean to ignore or dismiss something.

In this context, 'aside' implies that the person has ignored or dismissed the love they once had, only to want it back later.

forever

Beginner

For all time, or for an extremely long time. It can also be used to emphasize the permanence of a situation or feeling.

Taylor uses 'forever' to stress that once she's gone, she's gone for good, and the relationship cannot be rekindled.

palm

Intermediate

The inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the base of the fingers. Figuratively, it can also mean to have someone or something under one's control.

Taylor uses 'palm' to convey how she was completely under her partner's control and influence. The phrase suggests a sense of vulnerability and surrender.