[Sexy, intimate live performance with explosive drop, deep pocket new Jack swing whining groove, warm whining vocals] [HOUSE LIGHTS LOW. CROWD MURMUR. BAND SILENT.] [LEAD STEPS FORWARD, SMILING, CROWD CHEERS] (Speaking:) Thank you all for coming out tonight. Listen… now that you’re here. All we need you to do is. [ONE BEAT OF SILENCE] [FULL BAND DROP EXPLODES IN HARD: CROWD ERUPTS, DRUM FILL, BASS SLIDE, RHODES HIT, SAX CRY. THEN FALLS INTO A SLOW SWAY.] (Woo!) ⸻ CHORUS 1 (FULL GROOVE, CROWD LOCKED IN SWAY) {Ooooh… yeah… stay…} Girl, stay where you are (aye) (stay right there…right there baby…) {Stay… stay…} I’m makin’ my way back to you (back to you… oooh, yeah…) {Back to you…} Girl, stay where you are (don’t you move… don’t move…) {Stay… stay…} Ain’t nothin’ in this world I’d rather do (no, no, no…) {Rather do…} Make my way…Back To You…. (back to you… to you… to you…) {Back… back… back to you…} Make My Way…..Back To You… (back to you… to you… to you…) {Back… back… back to you…} ⸻ VERSE 1 (POCKET DEEP, LIGHTS LOW, COUPLES HOLD TIGHT) [DRUMS LAY BACK, BASS BREATHING, RHODES WARM] Late nights, long roads, tryna find my way, (yeah…) {Ooooh…} Thought the world had somethin’ more to say, (ooh…) {Yeah…} Every dream I chased, every door I tried, (tried, tried…) {Tried…} Left me with a heart I couldn’t satisfy, (no…) {Couldn’t satisfy…} I was searchin’ for a feeling I already had, (already had…) {Already had…} In unfamiliar arms, in a life too fast, (too fast, too fast…) {Too fast…} Every sign was pointin’ me back to you, (back to you…) {Back to you…} But I had to get lost just to know what’s true… (know what’s true, yeah…) {Ooooh… true…} ⸻ CHORUS 2 (BIGGER HARMONIES, CROWD SINGING) {Stay… stay… stay…} Girl, stay where you are (woo) (stay right there… come on baby…) I’m makin’ my way back to you (back to you… oooh, yeah…) Girl, stay where you are (don’t you move… don’t move…) Ain’t nothin’ in this world I’d rather do (no, no, no…) Make my way…..Back To You (back to you… to you… to you…) Make my way…..Back To You (back to you… to you… to you…) ⸻ SAX BREAK / VAMP [BAND OPENS UP. SAX CRIES. CROWD SWAYS HARDER. DRUMS ROLL. BASS WALKS.] Wooo! Oooo baby… back to you, my love… (Stay where you are… stay right there, baby…) {Stay… stay… stay…} ⸻ FINAL CHORUS (EXTENDED, WHINY, TESTIFYING) Girl, stay where you are (stay right there… don’t you move, baby…) I’m makin’ my way back to you (back to you… I’m comin’ home…) Girl, stay where you are (hold on… hold on for me…) Ain’t nothin’ in this world I’d rather do (nothin’… nothin’ but you…) Make my way…..Back To You….. (back to you… back to you… back to you…) Make my way…..Back To You….. (back to you… back to you… back to you…) ⸻ OUTRO VAMP / FADE (Lead whines, bends notes, repeats “stay where you are” as band rides the groove) [BAND SLOWLY STRIPS DOWN TO RHODES, BASS, BRUSHED SNARE, SAX LAST CRY] [BAND SLOW CRAWLS TO CLOSE, RAUCOUS CROWD APPLAUDS LOUDLY].

Stay Where You Are…LIVE