I would rather stay here
where the flowers bloom and the s un it shines
it shines on you
It ligh ts u p your eye s
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S itting here all b y ourselves co unting all the people
As they p ass us by
They gath er all around s tare on down
Into a da rk da rk p it
Don't g o ple ase don't go
But they st ep on in they fa ll all in
They wal k all over you
On e step at a time they wal k in a line down a fa lse fa lse ho pe
I would rather stay he re
where the flowers bloom and the s un it shines
it shines on you
it lig hts u p your ey es
I would rather stay he re
where the moon it glows
s oaring doves and falling crows
laug hter is the on ly sound he re
I f i had one wi sh I'd fill up tha t pit I'd fill up that p it
I'd cry till it filled to the br im
You'd swim to the to p and I'd grab your ha nd
Oh h ow can I how can I convin ce you to stay
where all the flowe rs bloom and the grass it sways
And the ra in it pours and the wa ves all roar
and the tr ees they grow and the falling crow
soars do wn into that da rk cold pit
and you fol low it in oh you follow it in
I would rather stay he re
where the flowers bloom and the s un it shines
it shines on you
it lig hts u p your ey es
I would rather stay he re
where the moon it glows
s oaring doves and falling crows
laug hter is the on ly sound he re
I f i had one wi sh I'd fill up tha t pit I'd fill up that p it
I'd cry till it filled to the br im
You'd swim to the to p and I'd grab your ha nd