Hang On To Your Emotions Lyrics - Reed Lou

When your imagination has too much to say 

When the chill of the night meets the sweat of the day 

And you have trouble understanding what other people have to say 

You'd better 

hang on to your emotions 

When a demagogue inside your head has taken charge 

And by default what you say or do is criticized 

And this litany of failures is recited a thousand times 

You'd better 

hang on to your emotions 

Could it be you've never felt like that 

That your mind's a cage - inside the cage a cat 

That spits and scratches all it can get at 

And that's you 

And your emotions 

Could it be you've never felt like that 

Your mind's a cage - inside the cage a rat 

Rabidly trying to get it 

You 

and your emotions 

You and your emotions 

When your imagination has too much to say 

When that facile voice inside your head says give your life away 

You might think to ask - how it got that way 

What books it has read - that make it that way 

And where it got the right - to speak to anyone that way 

You'd better 

hold on to your emotions 

Hold on to your emotions 

When a night city's breeze blows across the room 

And a 5 am moon and sun start their swoon 

You hear your lover's breath 

And not a moment too soon 

You get to 

release all your emotions