Gaye,

Won't you let me have a say

In the way you behave,

I won't last another day

If you decide to go away.

CHORUS:

You're the tray of nice things

I upset yesterday,

The display of bright rings

I let slip away.

****

Oh Gaye,

You allay my every fear

In a most extraordinary way,

If I thought that I could find

my way without you

I would not ask you to stay.

CHORUS:

You're the tray of nice things

I upset yesterday,

The mainstay of my dreams

That I let slip away.

****

Gaye,

Won't you let me have a say

In the way you behave,

I won't last another day

If you decide to go away.

Don't go away,

Oh please stay,

Don't go away,

Please stay.