Album: Home Thoughts (1973)
Charted: 8
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  • Gaye,
    Won't you let me have a say
    In the way you behave,
    I won't last another day
    If you decide to go away.

    You're the tray of nice things
    I upset yesterday,
    The display of bright rings
    I let slip away.

    Oh Gaye,
    You allay my every fear
    In a most extraordinary way,
    If I thought that I could find
    my way without you
    I would not ask you to stay.

    You're the tray of nice things
    I upset yesterday,
    The mainstay of my dreams
    That I let slip away.

    Gaye,
    Won't you let me have a say
    In the way you behave,
    I won't last another day
    If you decide to go away.

    Don't go away,
    Oh please stay,
    Don't go away,
    Please stay. Writer/s: CLIFFORD T WARD
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Marko from New ZealandClifford T Ward was a musical genius, his lyrics poetic . His song Home Thoughts from Abroad is pure magic the way intertwines the lyrics with Robt Brwng’s poem
  • Jmn from AustraliaMy God I Love this beautiful song, always have, ever since I was 14.
  • Stuart from Elgin ScotlandGreat song
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