STAY
SUGARLAND
SONGWRITER: JENNIFER O. NETTLES
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ENJOY THE RIDE
LABEL: MERCURY NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 2006
Sugarland is an American country music duo founded in Atlanta, Georgia,
consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles(lead
vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). The group was founded in 2002 by Nettles
and Bush with Kristen Hall(vocals,
guitar). Hall left
the group after its first album. All three members had experience
in folk rock: Nettles
had recorded in the groups Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band,
Bush had recorded two albums as one-half of the duo Billy Pilgrim,
and Hall had recorded two solo albums.
Signed to Mercury
Nashville Records in 2004, Sugarland recorded
four studio albums, one Christmas album, and one live album for that label
between then and 2010. These albums accounted for fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the number-one singles "Want To",
"Settlin'",
"All I Want to Do",
"Already Gone",
and "It Happens". Nettles
was also a featured vocalist on rock band Bon Jovi's
late 2005-early 2006 single "Who Says You
Can't Go Home", which also topped the
country music charts. Their four studio albums for this label—Twice the
Speed of Life, Enjoy the
Ride, Love on the Inside,
and The
Incredible Machine—are all certified
platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA).
The duo went on
hiatus in 2012, during which time both Nettles and Bush recorded solo albums. They
reunited officially in 2017 for Bigger,
a studio album issued on Big Machine
Records.
Enjoy the Ride is the second studio album by country music duo Sugarland,
released on November 7, 2006 on Mercury
Nashville Records. The album is the first one
released with Sugarland as a duo (comprising Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush), as
former member Kristen Hall had
departed earlier in 2006.
The album debuted at Nº 4 on the US Billboard 200 and at Nº 2 on the US Country Album Chart, selling 211,000 copies in
its first week; these were also its peak positions on the two charts. The album
is certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for shipments
of 3 million copies.
The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, all of which were Top Ten hits. "Want To" and
"Settlin'" (respectively the first and second singles) were both
Number One hits, with the former being their first U.S. Number One. "Everyday
America", the third single, was a Nº 9 on the country charts and was used
on the TV series Good Morning
America. The final single was the acoustic ballad
"Stay", which peaked at Nº 2.
I've been sitting
here staring at the clock on the wall
And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
It's just another call from home
And you'll get it and be gone
And I'll be crying
And I'll be begging
you, baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waiting
With my heart on my sleeve
Oh, for the next time we'll be here
Seems like a million years
And I think I'm dying
What do I have to do
to make you see
She can't love you like me?
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need?
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
You keep telling me,
baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms
And forever be in mine
But I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting
It's too much pain to have to bear
To love a man you have to share
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need?
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
I can't take it any
longer
But my will is getting stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all that I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you?
So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine
Why don't you stay
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay? Yeah
Oh! Oh! oh!
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