why must you say goodbye why don t you stay a while all of the time will fly you only make me smile come on now stay a while please don t you go away too far you make me smile give me just one more day baby stay baby stay always been racing through every day pushing in listen now me and you won t you say you feel it too come on now you re wondering when it might settle in give us time day and night hoping and wondering why must you say goodbye why don t you stay a while all of the time will fly you only make me smile come on now stay a while please don t you go away too far you make me smile give me just one more day baby stay used to be 2 years old little girl stumbling through the world and every day was ours to give away but it s a crying game rigged and a real shame the way the time goes by how could it find us here why must you say goodbye why don t you stay a while all of the time will fly you only make me smile come on now stay a while please don t you go away too far you make me smile give me just one more day baby stay