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Hold My Hand Lyrics

With a little love, and some tenderness
We'll walk upon the water
We'll rise above this mess
With a little peace, and some harmony
We'll take the world together
We'll take 'em by the hand
'Cause I've got a hand for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said get up, and let me see you smile
We'll take a walk together
Walk the road awhile, 'cause
'Cause I've got a hand for you
I've got a hand for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Won't you let me run with you? yeah
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can
See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
'Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
I don't wanna be part of your problems
Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no
'Cause I've got a hand for you
I've got a hand for you
'Cause I wanna run with you
Ah, won't you let me run with you?
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we can't change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I...Oh...No, No, No, No, No
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I'll take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we can't change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can
Oh, The best that I can
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Submitted by
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Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

I don't think this is at all a "Love" song in the romantic sense. I think its more like anti-racism peace around the world type thing. Especiallys since it starts wtih "With a little love, and some tenderness We'll walk upon the water We'll rise above this mess With a little peace, and some harmony We'll take the world together We'll take 'em by the hand 'Cause I've got a hand for you 'Cause I wanna run with you"

Either way, H&TB deserve a lot more credit than they are usually given. They have managed to create a killer tune, awesome vocals, and undeniably great lyrics, no matter what they really mean :D :)

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

The lyrics in this song are very sweet. I ve never even HEARD of Hootie & Blowfish before, but from these lyrics they seem good. I m gonna download some of their stuff, and see what it's like. This song reminded me a lot about this guy I like. We're technically going out, except neither one of us has asked yet. All I want is for him to love me, yet I do love him... so, I m not asking for love in return, still it d be nice if he did. LoL.. Anywho..the lyrics there REALLY touched me, infact I ma e-mail those words to that guy now. =] <3

@InMeFan

Just curious, how did it turn out?

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

hootie gots some good tunes for when ur cruisin in ur car alone with the windows and top down, going 70 down a scenic route in the middle of nowhere. they rock! (just dont tell my friends i listen to them)

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

This is definitely paying homage to some songs.

Little love and tenderness (Al Green) little peace and harmony (Elvis Costello) Hold your hand and I saw you standing there (The Beatles) run with you (Springsteen)

And he makes himself a "saviour" in the lines; "Yesterday, I saw you standing there Your head was down, your eyes were red No comb had touched your hair I said get up, and let me see you smile We'll take a walk together Walk the road awhile, 'cause 'Cause I've got a hand for you ". Ah back in the day...

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

I'm with shassouneh. in the "live from charleston" version, darius adds in all these words in the beginning... "with a little love, and some tenderness, we'll walk above the water, we gotta rise above all this racist bullshit mess. we need peace yall. we need harmony. we'll take the world together, grab em by the hand and say that I've gotta hand for you and I wanna run with you." the best is when he says "see I was wasted, imagine that?! and I was a wastin time." hahaha. the crowd went nuts. their live album is SO great!

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

It's about finding Lucifer and rising above the crazy insane greedy no good holy people. Lucifer got a raw deal u know

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

I think hootie and the blowfish don't get a lot of the credit they deserve. This is really a beautiful love song. He wants to help her through a rough point in her life; he just wants to love her. He doesn't even ask for her to love him back. He just says "Maybe we can't change the world, but I wanna love you the best that I can"

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

Aaah, randomness, LoL.. don tcha just LOVE it?? :D

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

the first cd kicked ass.

Cover art for Hold My Hand lyrics by Hootie & the Blowfish

that dude has never heard of hootie? ok dude, if you were born before 95, you've heard of hootie. maybe you didn't know who they were, but yeah, you have. Cracked Rear View, their debut CD sold 16 Million copies in the FIRST year!