BERKELEY THE MUSICAL

Lyrics

STAY WITH ME TONIGHT
from BERKELEY THE MUSICAL

“Thank you for coming.”
“I just need someone to be here.”

All my life I’ve tried to be self-reliant
I’ve had close friends and others to confide in
You can’t always get by on your own
Sometimes another person needs to be close by

Tonight I need you to stay
I need to feel your arms
Wrapped ‘round me holding me tight, mm…mm

Tonight I need you to stay
I need to feel another pulse
A heartbeat sep’rate from mine
I don’t want to be here alone
And so I’m asking you to stay
Please, won’t you stay?

---All my life I’ve known you were self-reliant
---I’ve been a good friend – and one you could confide in
---None of us gets by on our own
---I’ll always be here whenever you tell me you need me

---Tonight I’ll stay at your side
---I’ll take you in my arms

---And I’ll be holding you tight, mm…mm
Holding me tight, mm...mm

---We’ll be two bodies in the same place
---In the same time, in the same space

---Your breath going out – and mine drawing in
Do I want him here, seeing me falter

---Your touching my hand, my squeeze in return
Seeing my weakness my desperate plea?

---I offer my shoulder, you sigh in my ears
I’m not sure he’ll treat me the same now

---A message of calm whispered back into yours
here I am shaking and needing his arms

---We’ll be two bodies in the same place
But I’ll trust him, he’ll know that just this time

---Stronger together, a thing to embrace
He’ll hold me together, I need him for this

Tonight I need you to stay
I need to feel another pulse

Now I can feel your gentle heart
---Feel my gentle heart

Beating sep’rate from mine
---Beating sep’rate – it’s mine

I don’t want to be here alone
---You won’t be here alone

And so I’m praying you’ll stay
---And so I’m saying I’ll stay

Please won’t you say you’ll stay?
---No need to ask I’ll stay.