Hold On To What? Lyrics - Singles - Beautiful South The

She'd given everything she could give 

Twenty years of kindness made her sad 

Kindness never made enough to live 

So she sold the very last thing that she had 

As she held her hand out to him as he drove around the block 

He mouthed through the window just hold on 

I've held on many years now and I haven't found a lot 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

So hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Holding on is harder 

When it's something you've not got 

I'll need a pair of stilts 

If I'm to ever reach the top 

So hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Many years of service with a smile 

Up shit creek and down the Rhine 

Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle 

He'd shined every shoe that he could shine 

And as he lay in his own blood screaming I've been shot 

He heard the Major whisper just hold on 

I've held on all these years now, now what medal have I got? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

So hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Holding on is harder 

When it's something you've not got 

I'll need a pair of stilts 

If I'm to ever reach the top 

So hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Hold on, hold on to what? 

Sixty years and he's looking his worst 

Sitting in the park where she'd died 

Running hands through his final hair 

These are the words that he cried 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

To achieve the American dream 

You need a trampoline to achieve the counter effect 

Get that whiskey down your neck 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

To achieve the American dream 

You need a trampoline to achieve the counter effect 

Get that whiskey down your neck 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

Chamberlain had his paper 

Jesus had His cross they held on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

Chamberlain had his paper 

Jesus had His cross they held on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

Chamberlain had his paper 

Jesus had His cross they held on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

We held on to what? 

Hold on, hold on, hold on 

We held on to what?