She'd given everything she could give   Twenty years of kindness made her sad   Kindness never made enough to live   So she sold the very last thing that she had      As she held her hand out to him as he drove around the block   He mouthed through the window just hold on   I've held on many years now and I haven't found a lot   Hold on, hold on to what?      So hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?      Holding on is harder   When it's something you've not got   I'll need a pair of stilts   If I'm to ever reach the top      So hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?      Many years of service with a smile   Up shit creek and down the Rhine   Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle   He'd shined every shoe that he could shine      And as he lay in his own blood screaming I've been shot   He heard the Major whisper just hold on   I've held on all these years now, now what medal have I got?   Hold on, hold on to what?      So hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?      Holding on is harder   When it's something you've not got   I'll need a pair of stilts   If I'm to ever reach the top      So hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?   Hold on, hold on to what?      Sixty years and he's looking his worst   Sitting in the park where she'd died   Running hands through his final hair   These are the words that he cried      Hold on, hold on, hold on   To achieve the American dream   You need a trampoline to achieve the counter effect   Get that whiskey down your neck      Hold on, hold on, hold on   To achieve the American dream   You need a trampoline to achieve the counter effect   Get that whiskey down your neck      Hold on, hold on, hold on   Chamberlain had his paper   Jesus had His cross they held on   We held on to what?      Hold on, hold on, hold on   Chamberlain had his paper   Jesus had His cross they held on   We held on to what?      Hold on, hold on, hold on   Chamberlain had his paper   Jesus had His cross they held on   We held on to what?      Hold on, hold on, hold on   We held on to what?   Hold on, hold on, hold on   We held on to what?      Hold on, hold on, hold on   We held on to what?   Hold on, hold on, hold on   We held on to what?