Lyrics to
Hold On

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Somewhere, a lonely girl lies weeping,
A lonely man tries sleeping,
But he’s getting nowhere…

Sometime, it may be close to morning,
She thought she heard him calling,
But there’s nobody there…

And somehow, somehow, he knows he’s got to try to

Hold on, somewhere she’s crying for him,
Hold on, someday her smile will call him.
Hold on, there’s someone out there trying for him.
Somehow, sometime, somewhere…

Somewhere, again she sleeps alone,
He is reaching for the phone,
But he’s calling no-one…

Oh sometime, she’s dreaming of her lover,
It really can’t be over,
We’ve only just begun…

And somehow, somehow, I know I’ve go to try to

Hold on, somewhere she’s crying for me,
Hold on, someday her smile will call me,
Hold on, there’s someone out there trying for me.
Somehow, sometime, somewhere, hold on, hold on,

Somehow, sometime, somewhere.

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Chris De Burgh has released many songs over the years besides Hold On. Chris De Burgh released songs from 1975 to 2006 spanning across albums like Spanish Train And Other Stories, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, At The End Of A Perfect Day, Crusader, Eastern Wind, The Getaway, Man On The Line, Into The Light, Flying Colours, Power Of Ten, This Way Up, Beautiful Dreams, Quiet Revolution, Timing Is Everything, The Road To Freedom, and The Storyman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chris De Burgh.

About Lyrics and Hold On by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics to Hold On are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Chris De Burgh in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Hold On are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Chris De Burgh and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Hold On back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Hold On by Chris De Burgh in a number of ways. 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 Chris De Burgh. 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 Chris De Burgh 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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