Wish I Stayed

Why can't we speak another language

One we all agree on?

Why when men look outside, they see houses

Instead of fields they grew from?

We are constantly uprooted from them

Making us tiresome, fearful

Can you get up right now and

Endeavor a free-fall?

'Cause you can fall if you want to

It's just a matter of how far

You've treasured your hometown

You've forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you till your mind's been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But won't give up hope

It's the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

But I wish I stayed

Yeah, I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

Patterns all arranged in my background

These pillars and posts keepin' this country on form

Letters were all sent with no addresses

So that people can't discover

They're always undercover

Why do I always draw triangles

Instead of words this paper so deserves?

'Cause you see, I don't own my clothes, but I own my mind

And it's not what you've lost, why, it's what you find

You found that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn't give up hope

It's those simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

But I wish I stayed

And I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

'Cause you can fall if you want to

It's just a matter of how far

You've treasured your hometown

You've forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you till your mind's been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn't give up hope

And it's the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

And I wish I stayed

Yeah, I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed