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Hold On To What? Lyrics
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?
Chorus
So hoid on to what? 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?
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?
Chorus
So hold on to what? 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?
Sixty years and hes looking his worst
Sitting in the park where she'd died
Running hands through his final hair
These are the words that he cried
To achieve the American dream
You need a trampoline
To achieve the counter effect
Get that whisky down your neck'
And hold on, hold on to what?
Chamberlain had his paper
Jesus had his cross
They held on
We held on to what?
Twenty years of kindness made her sad
Kindness never made enough to live
So she sold the very last thing that she had
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 hoid on to what? 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?
Up shit creek and down the Rhine
Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle
He'd shined every shoe that he could shine
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 to what? 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?
Sitting in the park where she'd died
Running hands through his final hair
These are the words that he cried
You need a trampoline
To achieve the counter effect
Get that whisky down your neck'
And hold on, hold on to what?
Jesus had his cross
They held on
We held on to what?
Song Info
Submitted by
novartza On Jun 29, 2002
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Nobody commented on this yet? In my view the finest BS song of all. I think Heaton is pointing out the injustice of ordinary people working hard all their lives under capitalism, to be rewarded with nothing.
When I hear it I think of all the people who have voted Labour throughout their lives, Holding On to the dream that eventually things are going to improve for everyone, and then Gordon Brown comes along and raises the retirement age to 150 and steals everyone's pension.
Also a dig at prostitution and the British army, and the line about Chamberlain and Jesus is too brilliant for words!