Holding on to you lyrics
by Terence Trent D'arby



I left the east side for a west coast beauty
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
She was down by street decree
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me

Fat painted lips on a life wire beauty
A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
Her face was my favorite magazine
Her body was my favorite book to read

They say that all poets must have an unrequired love
As all lovers must have thought provocating fears

But holding on to you
Means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain
Means letting go of what's not real

Holding on to you

I left the rough side for a seaside baby
A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
For every moment i breath her sigh
Her bossom contains my sweet alibi, yeah

In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
And breathes it out as garden flowers
Why me of all the tough talking boys
I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise

They say that all poets must have an unrequired love, yes indeed
As all lovers must have thought provocating fears

But holding on to you
Means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain

Holding on to you
Means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real, yeah
Holding on to you, yeah!

Well, all people say that all poets must have an unrequired love, ha
As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provocating fears

But holding on to you
Means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

I left the east coast for a west coast beauty
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses, ha
She was down, down by street decree
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me

Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
Goodbye Picasso, hello Dolly
The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
She's my new religion, she's all I got

They say that all poets must have an unrequired love
As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provocating fears, yeah!

But holding on to you
Means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain

Holding on to you, ha
Means letting sorrows heal
It means letting go
It means letting go of pain
It means letting go of pain

Yeaheaheah...!
Oooh!

It means letting go of tears
It means letting go of rain
It means letting go of pain
It means letting go of pain

Yes, it does, yes, it does, yes, it does
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to go…