Come and Stay

Verse 1

Down where the river forgets its name

I keep a chair for the ones who came

Nobody visits nobody calls

I dust the dark off the empty halls

Pre-Chorus

And I built this town

Brick by borrowed brick

And I built this town

On a promise I could not fix

Chorus

Come on in and stay

Come on in and stay

I will hold your name

Long after you go away

Post-Chorus

Stay stay stay

Stay stay stay

Verse 2

I know the weather before it turns

I know the lesson before it burns

Folks come knocking with hungry hands

I trade a season for a strand

Pre-Chorus

And I feed this town

With a song I stole

And I feed this town

From a hungry hole

Chorus

Come on in and stay

Come on in and stay

I will hold your name

Long after you go away

Post-Chorus

Stay stay stay

Stay stay stay

Bridge

Maybe I was tender once

Maybe I was kind

Maybe there is nothing left

Worth leaving behind

Chorus

Come on in and stay

Come on in and stay

I will hold your name

Long after you go away

Post-Chorus

Stay stay stay

Stay stay stay