yeah no oh no no no no no no no yeah holding back the years thinking bout the fears i ve had for so long won t somebody hear listen to the feeling strong i m strangled by the wishes of father hoping for the arms of mother get to me sooner or later yeah yeah and i know i know i know well holding back the years chance for me to escape from all i know holding back the tears nothing here has grown nothing here yeah has grown i ve wasted all my tears i ve wasted all those precious years nothing had a chance to be good cause nothing ever could yeah no no no i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on yeah no oh yeah  and i ve wasted all my tears wasted all those precious years nothing had the chance to be good cause nothing nothing ever could yeah oh i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on holding holding on holding on well well well oh cause i believe in you girl i m gonna wait on you girl keep holding you girl yeah well well well well well well oh i think i ll hold hold on