Stay With Me

Stay With Me - Bernadette Peters/Pamela Winslow

Written by：Stephen Sondheim

What did I clearly say

Children should listen

No no please

What were you not to do

Children must see

No

And learn

Why could you not obey

Children should listen

What have I been to you

What would you have me be

Handsome like a Prince

Ah but I am old

I am ugly

I embarrass you

No

You are ashamed of me

No

You are ashamed

You don't understand

It was lonely atop that tower

I was not company enough

I am no longer a child

I wish to see the world

Don't you know

What's out there in the world

Someone has to shield you from the world

Stay with me

Princes wait there in the world

It's true

Princes yes

But wolves and humans too

Stay at home

I am home

Who out there could love you

More than I

What out there that I cannot supply

Stay with me

Stay with me

The world is dark and wild

Stay a child

While you can be a child

With me