Why Won't You Stay - Revision history

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	'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''. It was released as a single in France, while ''[[Rise]]'' was released in the US. They had the same artwork and track list, with the ''Why Won't You Stay'' single adding the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]". It was first recorded in 1989 during the aborted ''[[Everclear]]'' sessions with [[Tom Mallon]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/tkmallon/tom_mallon_recording__1978_present_/ \| work=rateyourmusic.com \| date= \| author=Tom Mallon \| title=Tom Mallon Recording (1978-present) \| accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>		'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''. It was released as a single in France, while ''[[Rise]]'' was released in the US. They had the same artwork and track list, with the ''Why Won't You Stay'' single adding the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]". It was first recorded in 1989 during the aborted ''[[Everclear]]'' sessions with [[Tom Mallon]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/tkmallon/tom_mallon_recording__1978_present_/ \| work=rateyourmusic.com \| date= \| author=Tom Mallon \| title=Tom Mallon Recording (1978-present) \| accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>

			In 1989 [[Mark Eitzel]] said the song "is watching someone sleeping and saying 'When we're asleep/They're going to bury us in peace'. It's about watching someone comatose after a week."<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Unhinged_-_Winter_1989 \| work=Unhinged \| date=Winter 1989 \| author=Drew \| title=American Music Club \| accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''. It was released as a single in France, while ''[[Rise]]'' was released in the US. They had the same artwork and track list, with the ''Why Won't You Stay'' single adding the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]".		'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''. It was released as a single in France, while ''[[Rise]]'' was released in the US. They had the same artwork and track list, with the ''Why Won't You Stay'' single adding the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]". It was first recorded in 1989 during the aborted ''[[Everclear]]'' sessions with [[Tom Mallon]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://rateyourmusic.com/list/tkmallon/tom_mallon_recording__1978_present_/ \| work=rateyourmusic.com \| date= \| author=Tom Mallon \| title=Tom Mallon Recording (1978-present) \| accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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			[[File:AMC-Why.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Cover of French ''Why Won't You Stay'' single]]

	'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''.		'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''. It was released as a single in France, while ''[[Rise]]'' was released in the US. They had the same artwork and track list, with the ''Why Won't You Stay'' single adding the album version of "[[Crabwalk]]".

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	* [[Vudi]] – guitar		* [[Vudi]] – guitar
	* [[Danny Pearson]] – bass		* [[Danny Pearson]] – bass
	* [[Mike Simms] – drums		* [[Mike Simms]] – drums
	* [[Bruce Kaphan]] – pedal steel guitar		* [[Bruce Kaphan]] – pedal steel guitar

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{{Infobox song
| Name = Why Won't You Stay
| Cover = AMC-Everclear.jpg
| Caption = Everclear cover
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]
| Album = [[Everclear]]
| Released = 1991
| Format = LP / CD / CS
| Length = 2:59
| Label = [[Alias Records]]
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Bruce Kaphan]] & [[American Music Club]]
| Tracks =
# '''"Why Won't You Stay"'''
# "[[Rise]]"
# "[[Miracle On 8th Street]]"
# "[[Ex-Girlfriend]]"
# "[[Crabwalk]]"
# "[[The Confidential Agent]]"
# "[[Sick Of Food]]"
# "[[The Dead Part Of You]]"
# "[[Royal Cafe]]"
# "[[What The Pillar Of Salt Held Up]]"
# "[[Jesus' Hands]]"
}}

'''"Why Won't You Stay"''' is the first song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s 1991 album, ''[[Everclear]]''.

==Lyrics==
Will this night fulfill all our promises 
And bury us in peace 
Will it leave us free and forgetful 
Or at least bring some sleep

Your eyes don't catch the little things 
As they narrow on your fall 
I'm checking your pulse 'cause you're so quiet 
I'm kissing you but you don't feel it 
Why do you do this to me? 
Showing me all that I'm good for 
Is to watch you sleep as lifeless as an angel 
She was the most beautiful cloud 
That ever passed before the face of a girl 
Seems like nothing's too good for this life 
Some things are too good for this world

And our names and our faces 
Well they're just spare change 
In memory of a soul 
That kept dropping spare change

Why won't you stay?

In memory of a little girl 
Who was far too much in love with the world 
And who didn't really wanna stick around for the end

Why won't you stay?

==Video==
Mark Eitzel performing "Why Won't You Stay" in a 2013 radio session.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlhNUO3tPsc</embedvideo>

== Personnel ==
* [[Mark Eitzel]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Vudi]] – guitar
* [[Danny Pearson]] – bass
* [[Mike Simms] – drums
* [[Bruce Kaphan]] – pedal steel guitar

==Also appears on==
* ''[[Over And Done]]'' promo
* ''[[1984-1995]]''
* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' Live version
* ''[[The Everclear Rehearsals Late 1990]]'' Rehearsal

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Songs]]