Adams, Ryan - All You Had To Do Was Stay Lyrics

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Ryan's version _crushes_ Taylor's like a grape.

feeling some regret about letting her go

This song was one of my least favourites from TS' 1989, but this cover is actually the one I like the most. Thank you, Ryan.

Come back Ryan. Please.

Ohhhhh LEONA DID YOU CALL RYAN WHILE HE WAS MARRIED TO MANDY 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Leona WOULD YOU HAVE REALLY STAYED ?

If Leona would have stayed Ryan would you all have really made it ?

Ryan Adams and Taylor Swift are both virtuosos within in thier own unique fabric of the music world.
This is just pure gold in the making.

Magical.

That DRA composed this around my lyricisms May do justice to music: probably not what you were arranging in your head ...

Em 2019 ainda amo está música mais do que tudo

Esses covers do Ryan Adams da uma releitura tão íntima das músicas. Caraca. Em 2025 espero que estejamos amando essa música ainda

Amazing voice !!!!!!! Love this song

Ok Taylors album this was my least favourite song but ok here it’s one of my favourites

No offense, but that sounds a lot like plagiarism.

It's called a cover.

Damn Mandy Moore mad she didn't have a singing career. 😂she got run over by people with talent like Taylor then he does this! Bravo Ryan! Long may you create.

Holy shit!!! How can this be this good?

All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ

CAUSE THATS WHAT DOGS DO RIGHT
THATS WHAT BITCHES DO
GO BACK TO YOUR FARM FARMBOY 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

why does it say 'no views' but when I clicked on it, it's says '1.8 million views'💀

My older brother introduced me to this. Outfield “Your Love” vibe imo

Timeless Masterpiece

Just Ryan Adams/Taylor Swift 1989 verses & chorus lines will be recited, not some Preacher or Pasture, or clergy or person of Gawd residing any Biblical verses. Of course, the vinyl will also be playing at my memorial.

For anyone that is looking at this from a Team Ryan / Team Taylor standpoint, I invite you to look at what the artists themselves have said about the cover, and to each other. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-discuss-1989-songwriting-187058/ There was no animosity between them. Taylor is pretty flattered by it. [ “You know when actors say a line, they say a sentence, but they say it with different emphasis on different words and they completely change it? That’s what you did with my album,” Swift tells Adams of his 1989. “When you take a song like ‘All You Had to Do Was Stay,’ my version of it is [hair flip] ‘All you had to do was stay. Sorry about it. I don’t miss you, but now you’re back.’ Yours is like, ‘All you had to do was stay. You broke my heart. That’s all you had to do.'” Pretty cool dynamic going on. TBH the RA version of this song is amazing - and it captures a totally different vibe from Taylor's.

Sometimes you just want to listen to some Ryan Adams.

This song reminds me of something that should've been repped in some awesome, cliche, yet underrated nostalgic movie from the 80's. I love it.

Omg i just found this 😍

People like you always want back the love they gave away
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
The more I think about it now the less I know
All I know is that you drove us off the road
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (stay, stay, stay)
Let me remind you this was what you wanted (oh oh oh)
You ended it
You were all I wanted (oh oh oh)
But not like this
Not like this
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy (all you had to do was stay)
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (oh)
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (ooh)
Compositores: Taylor Swift / Max Martin

What happens if you can't get a divorce?




"All you have to do is Stay..."

Joking aside...

I love this style of music.

It actually sounds like it could have been recorded in 1989.

This song personified my last 8 months. Cant stop listening to this. Ryan nails it again.

What font is this?

How the hell does this have 300+ dislikes. Unbelievable Ryan could throw together a cover of the biggest pop stars biggest album and make it so good and so Ryan Adams

Great!!!

Daddy spank me

Over a million way to go Ryan 🙂

all you had to do was follow the damn train cj

People like you always want back The love they gave away And people like me wanna believe you When you say you've changed The more I think about it now The less I know All I know is that you drove us Off the road (Stay) Hey, all you had to do was Stay, had me in the palm of your hand Then why'd you have to go And lock me out, when I let you in (Stay) Hey, now you see you want it Back, now that it's just too late Well, it could've been easy All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay Here you are now, calling me up But I don't know what to say I've been picking up the pieces Of the mess you made People like you always want back The love they pushed aside People like me are gone forever When you say goodbye (Stay) Hey, all you had to do was Stay, had me in the palm of your hand Then why'd you have to go And lock me out, when I let you in (Stay) Hey, now you see you want it Back, now that it's just too late Well, it could've been easy All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay Let me remind you This was what you wanted (You ended it) You were all I wanted (But not like this) Not like this, not like this Oh, all you had to do was (Stay) Hey, all you had to do was Stay, had me in the palm of your hand Then why'd you have to go And lock me out, when I let you in (Stay) Hey, now you see you want it Back, now that it's just too late Well, it could've been easy All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay

This is *the* definitive version of "All You Had To Do Was Stay". Ryan evoked the true meaning of the song.

I want to listen to other songs but I keep clicking on this one. What is this sorcery?

This is pop Godliness!

This version is a million times better than the Taylor version!

He crushes this song. Damn great cover

Maybe people can finally appreciate the lyrics from this version

Good song!!

Haven't even heard the original and do not want to! But this is amazing!

The only version I know, haunting.

OK, this is actually fucking incredible. Wow.

Both genius. I love his interpretation of this - this best song on 1989 - never released as a single. I literally have never heard this song on the air. My girls and I bought it at target the day it came out. I await! Curious

This is the best song on a cover album packed with great songs.

He killed the song

Someone commented that this is Taylor Swift with a touch of the Cure, I say listen more to the Boss in his early years- Bruce Springsteen . That's where I relate here. My first comment ever just because I couldn't let that happen

His voice reminds me of Taylor Hanson

and now, The Waterboys...

She is so good. And he is so good!

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE THIS SONG...I LOVE IT

My god this song is perfect... wish it didn't make me freaking sad

I have an opinion. Here's an opinion. There

People like you always want back the love they gave away
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
The more I think about it now the less I know
All I know is that you drove us off the road
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (Stay, stay, stay)
Let me remind you this was what you wanted (Oh oh oh)
You ended it
You were all I wanted (Oh oh oh)
But not like this
Not like this
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy (All you had to do was stay)
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (Oh)
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay (Ooh)
Songwriters: Taylor Swift

Stephanie Ettinger Written by Taylor Swift and Max Martin. 😊

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS *stay*, CJ!

Bassline is very similar to Gouge Away by Pixies. Just sayin.

Find your lobster :)

Dedicated to 'you know who'.

well done!!....like your style

Yeahh.!

her song is so cool i think she is famous

Honey just cause they sleep with you doesn't mean you have to marry them Miss Butterworth on that list also ?
eh .

Winning Taylor Swifts songs to 90s guitar WHHHHY Ryan WHHHHY . eh

Why did you STAY when you saw the train coming Seriously
.
Leona Naess and Mandy Moore LAMES .
Jessica Rocked :)

this might be the best one

melhor cover, melhor que a original!!!

This is epically amazing ❤️

I don't really dig shitty pop music, but this is actually a really great song from Ryan's perspective.

The first part sounded like something from Red, I mean State of Grace xD

love it

All you had to do was follow the damn train , cj

yes I would've stayed

*Watching the interview with Adams & Swift...you just know Taylor plays this cover over and over driving down the Pac 1 highway, singing along out loud...

Pac 1. Haven’t heard that one. Lol :)

Yeah, yeah, I'm digging this...

Road trippin', summer vacationing, John Hughes montage-ing, singing along out loud in Cameron's dads Vette... awesome cover - go Ryan go!

Moço, o senhor tem uma voz incrível, estou chocada!!!

This version is fucking brilliant!

It's funny because it's all related to the music. so many people are here saying this is so much better than the original,same people who hate on taylor swift. but she did wrote this. Ryan was amazing in re-arranging the music,but the words,he didn't change them. It's so funny how you so many people hate on taylor just for the pop/catchy songs without even try to read her songs. judging a book by its cover much?

I'm sorry, but I just feel Taylor Swift 's version was better. I'm probably being very biased, but she inflicted more emotions in me.

This and Out of the Woods are the two best songs he covers (IMO). He just takes them to a completely other level.

the more I think about it now, the less, I know!!!

I feel like Ryan Adams made 1989 into the album it would have been in the red era.

I love this so much

Delaware warm enough for you now?

I keep rewinding the first couple minutes trying to make this song last an hour or so.

...that's all. ...

FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ

RA is singing his heart out on this track. SO FRIGGING GOOD.

i wish he'd cover you are in love. i'd love to hear it

Cam Briel saaamme

all you have to do was follow the damm train cj

Instrumentals remind me of The Cure

But people like me are gone forever <3

All you had to do was stay I love this song 😹

1989!!!!

YES!!!!!!!

No Katheyn,you are not the only one.

Am I the only one who think that this one it's so much better than the original?

Much, much better.

The style is totally different