Holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   And that's no lie   Holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   Hey, hey, hey, yeah      I get you're unhappy, I know you gotta be (I know you gotta be)   ?Cause it can drive you out your mind   There ain't no sense in cryin', it's time for you to leave (Time for you to leave)   Baby, that's the bottom line      I betcha lie awake nights and never rest a bit   And wish it all would disappear (Yeah)   But still the bottom line is you got to deal with it   And to yourself at least be fair      Said holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   And that's no lie   Holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   Hey, hey, hey, yeah      Ha-ha-ha   Who are you kidding   Doo doo doo doo   Ha-ha-ha   Who are you kidding   Doo doo doo doo   Ha-ha-ha   Who are you kidding   Doo doo doo doo   Ha-ha-ha   Who are you kidding      Said holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   And that's no lie   Holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   Hey, hey, hey, yeah      I get you're unhappy, I know you gotta be (I know you gotta be)   ?Cause it can drive you out your mind   There ain't no sense in cryin', it's time for you to leave (Time for you to leave)   Baby, that's the bottom line      I betcha lie awake nights and never rest a bit   And wish it all would disappear (Yeah)   But still the bottom line is you got to deal with it   And to yourself at least be fair      Said holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   And that's no lie   Holding on   Is very hard to do   When love is gone   When love is gone, hey      Holding on   Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah   When love is gone   Oh yeah   Holding on   Holding on is so very hard to do   When love is gone   So very hard to do, yeah, oh said      Ah, yeah   I said   Hey, I said   Listen to me now      When you know the feeling's gone   Then you've got to stop holdin' on   ?Cause that makes it twice as bad   You can't give love that you don't have   So why drag it on and on and on      Holding on   Holding on and on and on, yeah   When love is gone   Hey, hey, said that I'm holding on      Holding on   Is so very hard to do when your love is gone   When love is gone   When your love is gone, yeah      Holding on   Is so very hard to do when the love is gone   When your love is gone   Yeah, yeah      Holding on   Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah