"Stay with Me '', written by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, was first recorded by their band Faces for the 1971 album A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse. The song has also appeared on various Faces compilations and on albums by both songwriters. The lyrics describe a woman named Rita with "red lips, hair and fingernails '' he "found... down on the floor ''; the singer proposes a one - night stand on the condition that she must be gone when he wakes up.
who wrote stay with me by the faces
Rod Stewart Ronnie Wood