People like you always want back the love they gave away 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 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 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 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 Let me remind you... this was what you wanted You ended it You were all I wanted 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 Hey - now you say you want it back Now that it's just too late Well, it could've been easy 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 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  

G D A Bm G D People like you always want back A The love they gave away Bm And people like me wanna believe you G When you say you cha-a-anged D A The more I think about it now the less I kno-o-ow Bm All I know is that you drove us off the road G Stay, hey D All you had to do was, stay A Had me in the palm of your hand, hand Bm A Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in? G Stay, hey D Now you say you want it, back A Now that it's just too late Bm Well, it could've been easy A G All you had to do was, stay D All you had to do was, stay A All you had to do was, stay Bm All you had to do was, stay A All you had to do was stay G D Here you are now calling me up A but I don't know what to say Bm I've been picking up the pieces A G Of the mess you made D People like you always want back A The love they pushed aside Bm And people like me are gone forever When you say goodbye G Stay, hey D All you had to do was, stay A Had me in the palm of your hand, hand Bm A Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in? G Stay, hey D Now you say you want it, back A Now that it's just too late Bm Well, it could've been easy A G All you had to do was, stay D All you had to do was, stay A All you had to do was, stay Bm All you had to do was Let me remind you G D A Bm A This was what you wanted ohohoh, you ended it G D A Bm A G you were all I wanted ohohoh, but not like this D A Not like this Bm Not like this Oh, all you had to do was G Stay, hey D All you had to do was, stay A Had me in the palm of your hand, hand Bm A Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in? G Stay, hey D Now you say you want it, back A Now that it's just too late Bm Well, it could've been easy A G All you had to do was, stay G Stay, hey D All you had to do was, stay A Had me in the palm of your hand, hand Bm A Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in? G Stay, hey D Now you say you want it, back A Now that it's just too late Bm Well, it could've been easy A G All you had to do was, stay D All you had to do was, stay A All you had to do was, stay Bm All you had to do was, ooooo, A A All you had to do was stay