The song If I Stay is performed by Tracy Byrd in the album named Big Love in the year 1996 .
Lately the ties that bind
Feel like a noose around my neck
Chokin' the life from me
And leavin' my dreams gaspin' for breath
I've lost sight and so have you of the man you were attracted to
We lost me somewhere along the line
And I can't live like this no more knowing just outside that door
There's a road that leaves this all behind
There's a half a tank of freedom in my Chevy and I'm leavin'
And there's nothin' in this world you can say
So don't insist on standin' in my way
I can't find me if I stay
If you really love me if you care at all
You'll gladly step aside
I've given you the best of me
And now the rest of me is gonna take a ride
There's a gravel road that turns into a two lane black top highway
That stretches out for miles and miles and miles
And the mileposts and the road signs are pointin' out a white line
To a man I haven't been in quite awhile
There's a half a tank of freedom in my Chevy and I'm leavin'
And there's nothin' in this world you can say
So don't insist on standin' in my way
I can't find me if I stay
I can't find me if I stay
I can't find me if I stay
I can't find me if I stay
I can't find me if I stay