you always hated the way i live you never wanted the things i had to give but still there s something that keeps you holding on leavin me is something only you can do i ll never be the one to say we re through but if you play the game i m gonna play the fool your holding on to me like a keepsake holding on to me like a keepsake why won t you give my heart a break and just let me go whoa whoa oowhoa oh oh baby let me go you keep my love in a little box i tried to pick the lock but you keep my hidin out behind your closet door tell me why you got to treat me so unkind you keep me out of sight and out of your mind come on and open me up i can t take it no more your holding on to me like a keepsake holding on to me like a keepsake why won t you give my heart a break and just let me go yeah yeah eahh oh oh baby let me go when you try to touch my soul your fingertips are always cold am i just your souvenir you buried me like treasure then forgot you left me here holding on to me like a keepsake holding on to me like a keepsake why won t you give my heart a break and just let me go holding on to me like a keepsake maybe you love me but it s too late why won t you give my heart a break and just let me go whoa whoa oaahh oh oh baby let me go oh oh let me go