Can`t Hold On

<br>words by Jimmy Nail<br>music by Jimmy Nail/Andy Caine/Danny Schogger<br><br><br>it was a kind of town, edge of the universe<br>nothin` happened there to ever make the news<br>lived a little boy and a girl next door<br>had opinions and independent views<br>they dreamed of nights and big city lights<br>it helped to kill each dreary day<br>and all the things that gettin` out would bring<br>if only they could get away<br>he say<br><br>I can`t hold on `cause I`m feelin` strong<br>but there`s so many things I`m not knowing<br><br>but the city light didn`t burn so bright<br>and the light of day was never warm<br>and the little boy got into one more fight<br>and the girl next dorr said &quot;I miss my home&quot;<br>he said &quot;believe in me&quot;<br>she said &quot;I don`t know&quot;<br>he said &quot;can`t you see?&quot;<br><br>I can`t hold on `cause I`m feelin` strong<br>and there`s so many things I`m not knowing<br>and I can`t hang round this one-horse town<br>when my soul`s tied down, I`m for going<br><br>so the little boy became a broken man<br>with a broken face and broken dreams<br>and the girl next door disappeared one day<br>and in her place<br>was a woman-child, with long red hair<br>and a price per hour, that she feels is fair<br><br>I can`t hold on, I`m not feeling strong<br>there`s so many things that hurt me now<br>and I can`t step down from this big cold town<br>where my soul`s tied down