Songwriter: Shel Silverstein
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Verse 1]
I stopped 'cause there was nothing else to do
And I thought I'd stick around for just a while
But I warned you like the west wind
I was only blowin' through
And no one could ever make me change my style
[Chorus]
'Cause I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Break]
No!
Come on now
[Verse 2]
I usually leave when all the words are said
But with you there's always more sweet things to say
And when my mind starts a wanderin'
Up that windin' road ahead
My feet don't seem to wanna walk away
[Chorus]
And I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Verse 3]
Last night I heard an old freight whistle blow (uh oh)
As I was sleeping warmly in your bed
And it told me "Boy it's time
That you was packin' up to go"
But I smiled and shook the leavin' from my head
[Chorus]
And I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Outro]
I never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay so long, I
I never (never) sung no stayin' song before
(Woo!) I don't think so
And I never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay so long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
Oh, no, we've never sung the stayin' song
I stopped 'cause there was nothing else to do
And I thought I'd stick around for just a while
But I warned you like the west wind
I was only blowin' through
And no one could ever make me change my style
[Chorus]
'Cause I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Break]
No!
Come on now
[Verse 2]
I usually leave when all the words are said
But with you there's always more sweet things to say
And when my mind starts a wanderin'
Up that windin' road ahead
My feet don't seem to wanna walk away
[Chorus]
And I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Verse 3]
Last night I heard an old freight whistle blow (uh oh)
As I was sleeping warmly in your bed
And it told me "Boy it's time
That you was packin' up to go"
But I smiled and shook the leavin' from my head
[Chorus]
And I never sung no stayin' song before
I've done them blues and good-bye tunes
A thousand times or more
And it seems a little strange
That I ain't headin' for the door, but I
Never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay this long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
[Outro]
I never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay so long, I
I never (never) sung no stayin' song before
(Woo!) I don't think so
And I never sung no stayin' song, I
Never thought I'd stay so long, I
Never sung no stayin' song before
Oh, no, we've never sung the stayin' song
more tracks from the album
Greatest Hits (1995)
- Carry Me, Carrie
- Hey, Lady Godiva
- If I’d Only Come and Gone
- Makin’ It Natural
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- Stayin’ Song
- Life Ain’t Easy
- Marie Lavaux
- Turn On The World
- Looking for Pussy
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- Acapulco Goldie
- Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball
- The Wonderful Soup Stone
- Penicillin Penny
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Queen of the Silver Dollar
- The Things I Didn’t Say
- Last Mornin’
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Four Years Older Than Me
- Get My Rocks Off
From the albums
- Sloppy Seconds (1972)
- Greatest Hits (1995) (1995)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain