You're the Reason I Stayed
by Colt Maddox · Country › Country Ballad · Made with Suno · 0 plays
Style
country, warm, heartfelt, fiddle, pedal steel
Prompt
modern country, gravelly Southern baritone, 90s country love ballad, warm, heartfelt, fiddle, steel guitar, Telecaster
Lyrics
Mm... yeah, easy now Duffel on my shoulder, boots worn thin Never kept a town long enough to learn its wind Then a dance hall floor, scuffed and worn Band played one slow song and there you were I said, "Darlin', I'm just passin' through" You said, "Then pass slow" You're the reason I stayed Not the fiddle, not the moonlight, not the way you looked that night You're the reason I stayed Ordinary days, and you said yes anyway You're the reason I stayed Lean winters, a roof that wept all spring Reading glasses in your gray-streaked hair, countin' every cent Some silences stubborn as a mule Then your hand on my knee, sayin' we're all right Your boots by mine, worn down on the same side I quit repackin' that bag somewhere in the third year Never missed it You're the reason I stayed Through the thin months, through the quiet, through the rain You're the reason I stayed Forty miles of fireflies, your head on my shoulder You're the reason I stayed Just me and this guitar now I was one bus ticket from gone One good-bye from a lonesome life You never made me feel small for it You just kept the light on, kept your hand out Kept on lovin' this fool You're the reason I stayed And I'll keep on stayin' You're the reason I stayed Every sunrise, every slow song, till my last gray day You're the reason I stayed And I'll keep on stayin' Mm... slow now, darlin' I'll keep on stayin'