If you want me to stay,
I'll be around today,
to be available for you to see.
But I am about to go,
And then you'll know,
For me to stay here I got to be mean.
You'll never be in doubt,
That's what it's all about,
You can't take it for granted it's mine.
Get home and please and don't
Forget to reach me by phone
Because I promise I'll be gone for a while.
And when you see me again,
I hope that you have been,
The kind of person....that you really are now.
Got to get in straight,
How could I ever be late,
When you're my woman taking up my time.
Whoa, oh how could you ever allow,
I guess I wonder how,
How could you pick out your pockets of fun. HOW HOW!!
Well you know that you'll never know toooooo,
Number one's gonna be number one,
ohh oww oohh
I'll be good,
I wish I could
I get this message over to you now.
ahhh, yeah, message, mmmm
When you see me again,
I hope that you have been,
The kind of person you really are now.
I'll be so good, oh
I wish I could,
I get this message over to you now.
ahhh, yeah
[Sly & the Family Stone]
Fresh (1973)
쯔요시 뮤직홀에서 슬라이 얘기 좀 하고 곡 3개를 연달아 틀어줬는데 첫 번째였던 이 곡이 맘에 들어서ㅎㅎ//
If You Want Me To Stay
"If You Want Me to Stay" is a 1973 hit single by Sly & the Family Stone, from their album Fresh. The single was the band's final Top 20 pop hit, and is the best-known of its post-There's a Riot Goin' On recordings.
Stone recorded the song without much input from the rest of the band; by the early 1970s, he had begun crafting most of his material by himself. An alternate version of "If You Want Me to Stay", as well as most of the rest of the Fresh album, was completed before Stone decided to scrap the masters and re-record the album. These alternate versions have surfaced in underground markets, online auctions, and specialty shops. However, in Epic's 2007 reissue of Fresh, 5 bonus tracks are included, all of which are directly from the alternate mix of the album.
"If You Want Me to Stay" reached number 12 on the Pop Chart, and number-three on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. The song has been covered extensively since its introduction, by artists ranging from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Etta James, to Eric Benet, to Mercury Rev, to Victor Wooten, to Soulive, to Pama International. The song has also been featured in the movies "Made in Heaven", "Talk to Me" and "Dead Presidents".
Song Analysis
The lyrics of "If You Want Me to Stay" feature frontman Sly Stone informing his lover that she has to let him be himself, otherwise he feels that he would have to leave. The composition has its origins in an apology Stone wrote to his future wife, Kathleen Silva, after a fight. However, the message of the song is also considered to be pointed commentary from Stone towards detractors who had begun to criticize his then-recently public problems of drug abuse and professional unreliability. For example, when it came to attending his own concerts, he was notoriously flaky, missing a great deal of performances with the Family Stone.
가사는 여친(나중에 부인이 되는) 실비아하고 싸운 다음에 사과하는 내용으로 "그냥 날 냅둬줘.. 안그럼 내가 너를 떠나야하게 될지도 몰랑..." (ㅋㅋㅋ이게 사과하는거니.... 그냥 무릎 꿇고 손발에 열나도록 싹싹 빌지 못할까....ㄲㄲㄲ) 이런건데 또 동시에 자신의 마약문제나 공연할 때 까먹고 차례 똑 잘라 날려먹기도 하고 허술하거나 프로답지 못한 점 같은 걸 공격하는 비판자들을 향한 것이라고도 함.
