Holding back the years,
Thinking of the fear Ive had for so long.
When somebody hears,
Listen to the fear thats gone.
Strangled by the wishes of pater,
Hoping for the arm of mater,
Get to me sooner or later,
Nothing ever could, yeah.
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on.
Chance for me to escape from all I know.
Holding back the tears.
Theres nothing here has grown.
Ive wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good,
Nothing ever could, yeah.
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on,
Ill keep holding on So tight.
Jimmy Scott, seeing HIM in concert in HARLEM, Montreal, Japan,,always a MARVELOUS Message in all his tunes.....PS Medicine for the SOUL......SIP IN THE AFTERLIFE.....
Is he always on pitch? Nope. Does he wring all of the emotional impact out of this song? Absolutely. It reminds me a little bit of the later recordings Billie Holiday did on the Verve label. Her voice was pretty much shot, but my goodness she could still connect with a song on an emotional level that few have ever come close to...