Odetta Hartman - Stay lyrics

I dreamt your eyelashes kissed my shoulder blade On the tip that points out when beside you I lay In this little cold bed with the iron work frame But I can't convince you to stay Though I only just met you through a white window pane Shrouded in blinking meadows, on a feather you came 'Cross the bridge to my door, well, they're one and the same But I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay I can't convince you to stay I'm just trying to go uptown, I'm just trying to go up Draw a tree branch in ashes, raise your thin silver cup To the open-door guest who'll embrace at the cuff But I can't convince you to stay Now it's blocks of my weekdays that expand while you're off Give a pinch to my side-arm and say, 'kid toughen up' But I can't give or take when I've had much too much And I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay I can't convince you to stay You say, 'I don't want nothin' but delight on my tongue And really want is the difference between a couple bread crumbs?' Well, I'd follow your pattern, skipping stones you have flung, But I can't convince you to stay Finally crystal clear dew drops ring with harmonies sung By a of cheepers tremblin' like they were rung And the spiderweb tarot off the window pane hung But I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay Oh baby, I can't convince you to stay I can't convince you to stay