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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mariah Carey
Performer
Randy Jackson
Percussion
Kevin Guarnieri
Performer
John Lemkuhi
Performer
John Mitchell
Programming
Trevor Lawrence Jr.
Drums
Kenneth Crouch
Piano
Michael Thompson
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mariah Carey
Composer
Lionel Cole
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mariah Carey
Producer
Randy Jackson
Producer
Dana Chappelle
Engineer
Jaime Sickora
Assistant Recording Engineer
Manuel Farolfi
Assistant Recording Engineer
Giuilo Antognini
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mick Guzauski
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Doesn't it ever stay?
Must it always fade away?
Couldn't love ever be
Something tangible and real?
Farewell, fairweather friend
Abandonment returns to taunt me again
I only wanted you to stay
Linger and mean the words you said
Foolishly I romanticized
Someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be there when
I opened up my eyes
I was caught in your masquerade
Wish I'd stayed beneath my veil
But it just seemed so easy to
Open up myself to you
Oh, once more into the wind
The embers scatter
And the chill settles in
I, I only wanted you to stay
Linger and mean the words you said
Foolishly I romanticized
Someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be there when
I opened up my eyes
I only wanted you to stay
Linger and mean the words you said
Foolishly I romanticized
Someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be
The one to get me through the night
I only wanted you
To be there when I
Opened up my eyes, oh
Doesn't it ever stay?
I only wanted you to
Stay
Writer(s): Mariah Carey, Lionel Adam Cole
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