<P> `` 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . </P>
who wrote stay with me by the faces
who wrote stay with me by the faces
Rod Stewart Ronnie Wood
Rod Stewart Ronnie Wood