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Wish I StayedEllie Goulding

Released: December 20, 2009

Songwriter: Ellie Goulding

Producer: FrankMusik

[Verse 1]
Why can't we speak another language, one we all agree on?
Why when men look outside, they see houses
Instead of the fields they grew from?
We are constantly uprooted from them, making us tiresome and fearful
Can you get up right now and endeavor to freefall?

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause you can fall if you want to
It's just a matter of how far
You've treasured your hometown
You've forgotten where you are
And it will stay with you until your mind's been found
And it has been found wandering around

[Chorus]
With that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away but I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed

[Verse 2]
Patterns all arranged in my background
These pillars and forks keeping this country on form
Letters were all sent with no addresses, so that people can't discover
We're always undercover
Why do I always draw triangles instead of the words this paper so deserves?
Cause you see, I don't own my clothes but I own my mind
And it's not what you've lost
But it's what you find

[Chorus]
With that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away, no, I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed

[Pre-Chorus]
Cause you can fall if you want to
It's just a matter of how far
You've treasured your hometown
You've forgotten where you are
And it will stay with you until your mind's been found
And it has been found wandering around

[Chorus]
With that skipping rope, the trampoline
The crafty smoke that made us choke
But we didn't give up hope
It's the simple ways of getting paid
The carelessness of running away, I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed
I wish I stayed

Ellie Goulding

Elena Jane “Ellie” Goulding (born 30 December 1986) – is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBC’s annual Sound of… poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele’s win of both in 2008. Originally her music incorporated elements of folk, pop, electronica, and folktronica.

In July 2009, Goulding signed with Polydor Records, and released her debut EP An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year. Her debut single, “Under The Sheets” was then released in November.

In 2010 Goulding recorded and released her debut record Lights, which spawned four charting singles in the UK, the biggest of which “Starry Eyes” peaked at #4 in the UK and charted in many European countries and Australia.

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