Don't believe a thing
Don't leave a thing down
Down the stairs I turn that table around
Slowly, only picking up Donna Lee
And then I change it to the ABC
On the way to Berlin
Change my way to Peking
All the way the paper bag was on my knee
Up the stairs
Pick up the phone

I want you to stay
I want you to live with me
I want you to stay
Next time I'll be with a rose

Don't make a move
Just make a slight groove
Pumping up the alley when I feel the need to prove
Sleeping on the sidewalk
Do a little cheap talk
And then I'm ready for a camelwalk
Walk down town for a letter to post
A letter to a good friend I have lost
I won't be sinking down
Just because I'm looking down

I want you to stay
I want you to live with me
I want you to stay
Next time I'll be with a rose

I want you to stay
I want you to live
Isn't it nice with me now
I want you around
Just stay by my side
I won't be here anymore

Johnny's at the basement mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement thinking 'bout the government
A man in a trench coat badge out laid off
Says he's got a bad cough, I know
Johnny's at the basement mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement thinking 'bout the government
A man in a trench coat badge out laid off
When all I needed was a try...

I want you to stay
I want you to live with me
I want you to stay
Next time I'll be with a rose

I want you to stay
I want you to live
Isn't it nice with me now
I want you around
Just stay by my side
I won't be here anymore