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 live wire beauty   A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes   Her face was my favourite magazine   Her body was my favourite book to read      They say that all poets must have and unrequited love   As all lovers must have thought provoking fears      But holding on to you means letting go on 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 breathe her sigh   Her bosom contains my sweet alibi   In an emotional mist she breathes in fog   And breathes 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 the 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 I'm sure 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 coast for a west coast beauty   A woman 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   She's my new religion she's all I got      They say that all poets must have an unrequited love   As all lovers I'm sure 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 sorrows heal   It means letting go