Holding On To You Lyrics - Singles - Terence Trent Darby

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 beaut 

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 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 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 bosom contains my sweet alibi 

in an emotional mist she breathes in fog 

and braethes 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 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 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 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 wet lips on a sea salt canvas 

goodbye picasso hello dolly/dali 

the soil is fertile where her footsteps trod 

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 rain 

holding on to you 

means letting sorrows heal 

it means letting go