Stay (Wasting Time)

Album: Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Charted: 44
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  • We were walking
    Just the other day
    It was so hot outside
    You could fry an egg
    Remember you were talkin
    I watched as sweat ran down your face
    Reached up and caught it at your chin
    Licked my fingertips

    Wasting time
    Let the hours roll by
    Doing nothing for the fun
    A little taste of the good life
    Whether right or wrong, makes us want to stay, stay, stay, for awhile

    Later on the sun began to fade
    Then the clouds rolled over our heads,
    And it began to rain
    Oh we were dancing mouths open
    Splashing tongue taste
    For a moment this good time would never end

    You and me
    You and me
    Just wasting time
    I was kissing you
    You were kissing me love
    From good day into a moonlight
    Now a night so fine
    Makes us want to stay stay stay stay for awhile

    Wasting time
    I shall miss these things
    When it all rolls by
    What a day
    Want to stay stay stay stay for awhile

    Hey love
    Oh just groping you
    Rolling in the mud
    Stay a while
    Come on love
    Want to stay stay stay stay for awhile Writer/s: DAVID JOHN MATTHEWS, LEROI H. MOORE, STEFAN K. LESSARD
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 1

  • Will from Myrtle BeachThis song was written when MDMA/ecstasy hit the US. Dave mentions "rolling" three times in the song. There are many references to water, which feels amazing while on MDMA. The lyrics about wanting to stay reminds me of never wanting to come down. Last, this was my favorite song to listen to/sing when I was taking ecstasy. If you were partying in the early 2000's, put yourself in that frame of mind and listen to the song...you tell me?
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