Nothing Gold Can Stay

Stay right here with me

All the leaves at first are green

To the eye they're gold to see

A sight to behold all the day

They change to orange, maybe red

And from yellowish to dead

Because nothing gold can stay

They can't stay holding on to the tree

They won't be there long forever

Pressed into a book

I guess that is why I stop and look

They can't stay

They can't stay for long

Man of gold, none could see

That He was divinity

So now today dawn goes down

Nothing gold can stick around

On Himself, He took their grief

And much like a withered leaf

Fell from the tree onto the ground

He didn't stay holding on to the tree

It could not keep Him long forever

Pressed into a book

I know that is why I stop and look

For Him to move someday

I can't wait to hear Him say

Stay, come on and stay with me

Like a raging fire that won't be contained

His glory isn't something that can be constrained

He didn't stay holding on to the tree

It could not keep Him long forever

Pressed into a book

I know that is why I stop and look

For Him to move someday

I can't wait to hear Him say

Stay, come on and stay,

Come on and stay, come on and stay with me