DON'T STAY

from THIS YEAR by Josie Martin

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The sunlight settles in the evening fields
Where we stay sometimes when the world is too real
I know you don't like to stay up late
But I can't find dreams in this sweltering heat
Won't you keep me company, while I wait for relief?

I need you with me on the other side, baby
I can't go knowing you'd be here
You know they'll always find us if we stay
Oh, and leaving's the only way

Yeah, on the other side everything looks different
Even me and you, but I still love you like I do and
Nobody worries bout a thing
Not even time or money or how we're gonna pay the bills
Or why everyone is taking pills
Oh, what a shame
You know I don't like
You know I don't like
You know I don't like to medicate
Or put myself into a passive state
Oh, I can't see straight but I won't stay
No, no I won't stay
One more minute in this place even if they tried to make me
Oooh whoa, I will not stay ooh
You know I don't like
You know I don't like to waste the days away
You know I don't want
You know I don't want to leave you here this way

I need you with me on the other side, oh you know it's true
I know I'm young but I know what I want
And girl it's you

Now we grow a garden by a cabin in the woods
And I know you never thought it'd be this good
I'm gonna love you like I should, but never could
When the world was weighing on me like I used to
Whoa, whoa I'm free
Free as a bird, flying high up in the sky
But how I wish I did not have to leave all these people behind that I love
Oh what a shame
There ain't no time to waste
Ain't no time to hate
Oh, there is an escape

Don't listen when they try to tell you, you don't have a choice to stay or go
You can always leave and
You best believe, there's more than what they offer up
Tell me do you have enough, is there more that you dream of?
Don't stay, whoa don't stay
There's more through the door, all you have to do is explore
What are you waiting for?
Don't stay, whoa
Come along, come along, come along this way
And don't stay
Don't stay, don't stay, don't stay, don't stay, don't stay...

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from THIS YEAR, released February 2, 2017

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Josie Martin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

My music exists to me as a source of comfort in the face of life's mysterious unfolding.

It doesn't claim to be an answer, nor is it a home for those who seek to quell the absurdity of wondering about what can never be known.

It is emotion.
It is satire.
It is art.
It is infinite.
It is.
As I wish to be. ... more

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