Lyrics to
Hold On

This version of Hold On was released by The Hollies in 1971.

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Standing on a corner
Nothing on my mind
When walked past a woman
She looked my kind

I said a hey there woman
What you got to do
She took one look at me and said baby
I’d like to be with you

Hold on

Wait a minute woman
I ain’t the kind to phase
And I ain’t that kind of woman, baby
So she says

She led me to a dwellin’
Just along the street
The best part of town baby
We gotta be discreet

Hold on (Hold on)

Got to the apartment
Number six sixteen
My, what a place it was
Best I’ve ever seen

She headed to the bedroom
Came upon the door
Wait a minute, darling
While I slip into something cool

I was getting excited
One thing on mind
When she rushed out of the bedroom
Said You’d better hide

She slowed me my movements
He caught me by the door
What was left on me, baby
Was landing on the floor

Hold On

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About Lyrics and Hold On by The Hollies

When you decide to study the lyrics to Hold On, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by The Hollies. Some of the lyrics to Hold On have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Hollies and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Hold On if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hold On" means the words set to the music of Hold On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hold On and the lyrics to Hold On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hold On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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