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Artist: Jann Arden
Canonical path: /jann-arden/i-can-t-make-you-stay
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I Can't Make You Stay
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I Can't Make You Stay
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Not going to lie across the subway track,
Not gonna pin you to the floor
Not gonna bind you up or pull you down
So what are you waiting for?
After all we've been through,
I'm not gonna beg you
So go on, go on
If you wanna run run
I won't try to stop you or stand in your way.
My love, my love
It will never change, no.. change.. oh
Seems your mind is made up no matter how I pray
I can't make you stay.
I've given you what's left of me
Everything I am.
I try to be the ocean you could float on baby
The fuel that made you fast.
If I'm not the dream you dream,
If I don't make you happy
Just go on, go on
If you wanna run run
I won't try to stop you or stand in your way.
My love, my love
It will never change no, change.. oh
Seems your mind is made up
No matter how I pray
I can't make you stay.
Don't need to see it in your eyes
To know it won't be long, it won't be long
Don't need to hear your goodbyes
To know you're already gone!
So go on, go on
If you wanna run run
I won't try to stop you or stand in your way...
My love, my love
It will never change no, change.. oh
Seems your mind is made up no matter how I pray
I can't make you stay.
I can't make you stay.
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