(Benson)



In her past there's lots of people

I know them by their names

Some of them rushed by like water

And some of them were flames

Each and all knew a different girl

Someone I'd never met

They went with her to parties

Good times she won't forget



And here I come with empty hands, ready to receive

And I just hope she doesn't change her mind and want to leave

Oh, girl stay right with me

It's gonna get better eventually

Oh, girl, stay here with me

It's gonna get better eventually



I came along when she had offers

Offers left and right

I gave her all I had to give

All my best insight

Now she knows the uselessness

The nonsense of it all

Oh, she understands the ways of men

Kicking in their stall



Aw, here I come with empty hands, ready to receive

And I just hope she doesn't change her mind and want to leave

Oh, girl, you got to stay with me

I'll get better eventually

So girl, please stay right here with me

You'll see a change coming over me



And sometimes when I look at her, I see a different girl

I wonder what she's thinking and if she is not out of my world

I've got the feeling that I've done harm, no good there have I done

I see a nervous stress that once was mine of which she asks for none



And here I come with empty hands, I'm ready to receive

And I hope that she doesn't change her mind and want to leave

Girl, you got to stay here with me

Things are gonna get better eventually

Girl, please stay with me

I feel a change coming over me

Girl, stay with me

I'm gonna change, has to

Girl, please stay with me

Oh, things will get better eventually.