Beautiful South - Hold On To What ? Lyrics
(heaton/rotheray)Shed given everything she could giveTwenty years of kindness made her sadKindness never made enough to liveSo she sold the very last thing that she hadAs she held her hand out to himAs he drove around the blockHe mouthed through the window just hold onIve held on many years now and I havent found a lotHold on, hold on to what?So hold on to what? hold on to what?Holding on is harder when its something youve not gotIll need a pair of stilts if Im to ever reach the topSo hold on! hold on to what?Many years of service with a smileUp shit creek and down the rhineGibraltar rock and now the emerald isleHed shined every shoe that he could shineAnd as he lay in his own bloodScreaming Ive been shotHe heard the major whisper just hold onIve held on all these years now, now what medal have I got?Hold on, hold on to what?So hold on to what? hold on to what?Holding on is harder when its something youve not gotIll need a pair of stilts if Im to ever reach the topSo hold on! hold on to what?So hold on to what? hold on to what?Holding on is harder when its something youve not gotIll need a pair of stilts if Im to ever reach the topSo hold on! hold on to what?Sixty years and hes looking his worstSitting in the park where shed diedRunning hands through his final hairThese are the words that he criedTo achieve the american dreamYou need a trampolineTo achieve the counter effectGet that whisky down your neckAnd hold on, hold on to what?Chamberlain had his paperJesus had his crossThey held onWe held on to what?
