Hold On To What

Intro u>   Verse 1: 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 Pre-Chorus 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?            Verse 2: 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 Pre-Chorus 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?                Verse 3: 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: Bridge: (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                "To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck                Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) Jesus had his cross (Hold on) They held on (Hold on) We held on to what?   (Hold on hold on Hold on) Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) Jesus had his cross (Hold on) They held on (Hold on) We held on to what?   (Hold on hold on Hold on) Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) Jesus had his cross (Hold on) They held on (Hold on) We held on to what?   Outro (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?