Holding On To You Lyrics by Terence Trent D'arby

Holding On To You Lyrics

    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 live wire beauty
    A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
    Her face was my favourite magazine
    Her body was my favourite book to read

    They say that all poets must have and unrequited love
    As all lovers must have thought provoking fears

    But holding on to you means letting go on 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 breathe her sigh
    Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
    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 unrequited love
    As all lovers must have thought provoking fears

    But holding on to you means letting go of pain
    Means letting go of tears
    Means letting go of the rain
    Holding on to you
    Means letting sorrows heal
    Means letting go of what's not real
    Holding on to you

    They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
    As all lovers i'm sure must have thought provoking 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 woman who burned my thoughts like kisses
    She was 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/dali
    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 unrequited love
    As all lovers i'm sure must have thought provoking fears

    But holding on to you means letting go of pain
    Means letting go of tears
    Means letting go of rain
    Means letting sorrows heal
    It means letting go

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