Don’t Go Away

Chorus
[Stevie] Please don’t go, no, no, no / if you go, I would be sad and blue / so I say / no, no, no / don’t go away


Verse One
This goes out to all those who lost somebody / wishing to turn the clock back and force somebody to still be here / if we could, of course we hardly would ever choose to know the pain having to mourn somebody / lost my Friend, my Uncle, my Gran, my Father / thought it was hard at first but it hit me harder much later / I never could prepare for the void / I felt very frustrated and extremely annoyed / but God is great and helped with load on my plate / even when I ain’t been praising him like T.D. Jakes / I want to know why is the most inevitable thing in the world so painful on every level? Birth and death, they say that its life’s cycle / I held back breath when Stevie sang it for Michael / I never dreamed that you’d leave in Summer…that’s why at least every three months I’m calling my friends numbers / drink a toast to everyone I know that’s 6 feet under and say rhyme over the vocal tones of Stevie Wonder / now I can’t see over the wall but I’d rather miss a person in my life than never have em’ at all / so I’m so grateful for the time shared / if I knew you my whole life or 5 years / but if I had my own way, / if asking you to stay kept you here I would have said… please don’t go [no]


Chorus
[Stevie] Please don’t go, no, no, no / if you go, I would be sad and blue (it’s too much) / so I say / no, no, no / don’t go away / [DL- ] don’t go – (repeats)


Verse Two
This Goes out to strangers and fans of mine / I so wish I could turn back the hands of time / bring my people my back and we reunite / sip a smooth cognac and we bleach the night / laugh and joke and speak on our history / but in this room as I write it’s only me / so I best make do with the memories and some of them are so cool like Septembers breeze / but that just won’t mend my broken heart / so attached in my mind so I hold the thought / and I think sometimes is it just a dream? / Will I wake up soon? Will the slate be clean? / And there’s so many people who can relate / but there’s not just one who can compensate / but you still with me every day of my life / so I guess that the spiritual will have to suffice / and I know one day I will see your face but I had to put your picture up just in case / if I had one wish I would bring you back / then perhaps I could scrap and delete this track / but I’m so grateful for the time shared, and I thank you so much for your kind years / but if I had my own way, if asking you to stay kept you here I would have said… please don’t go [no]

Chorus
[Stevie] Please don’t go, no, no, no / if you go, I would be sad and blue (it’s too much) / so I say / no, no, no / don’t go away / [DL- ] don’t go – (repeats)

[Stevie] And I’ll do anything you want me to / if you promise that you won’t leave tonight / cos I’ll break down and cry a river of tears, of just the thought of you not here in my life / so please don’t go, no, no, no / you should go, I be sad and blue / so I say / no, no, no / don’t go away