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This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Stay (I Missed You) that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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Blubber's in love and the other's ran away
Blubber is crying 'cause the other won't stay
The lover's in love and the other's ran away
The lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention to the business that you're running to anyone, anywhere.
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention to the distance that you're running to anyone, anywhere.
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention to the distant dictionary to anyone anywhere
I don't listen hard, I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running to anyone anywhere
I don't understand if you're really there
I'm only healing negative, no, don't look back
So I turned the radio off, I turned the radio up
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no, bad
So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
Some of us cover when we're waitin for the other who was dyin'...
And some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying...
Someone's lover's only waiting for the other
Who was dying since the day they were born
Well, well, it's thought that I think that I'm throwin'
But I'm thrown.
Some of us hover while we weep for the other
Who was dying since the day they were born, well
Well this is not that I think that I'm growin'
But I'm grown.
You said that I was not easy, I thought that I was strong
You said that I was naive and I thought that I was strong
You said that was Eileen, yeah
I thought that I was Paul.
You said that I was naive, yeah
I thought that I was strong.
You try to give away a kipper
You try to give a way a keeper
You’re a stink
You stay