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I CAN ONLY HOLD ON FOR SO LONG

Words and music by Winston Apple

So this is what it's like to be the one who gets left behind
Nursing a wounded heart and trying so hard to keep you off my mind    
Memories I've treasured haunt me now and bring me pain
And I'm troubled by the thought 
   that even if you come back it's never gonna be the same

I can only hold on for so long
I know I need to find somebody to take your place
And I know it's not gonna be easy, but what else can I do?
I need to find to someone to love 
Someone that I can love the way that I love you 

I always thought that I loved my freedom, now I'm not so sure
'Cos you've set me free and I don't really want to be free of you
These chains of love have wrapped themselves around my heart
They're running through my soul
You've got a hold on me, it seems, even though you've let me go

I can only hold on for so long
I know I need to find somebody to take your place
And I know it's not gonna be easy, but what else can I do?
I need to find to someone to love 
Someone that I can love the way that I love you 

I keep hoping someday soon you're gonna change your mind
And I hope you get around to changing yours
Before I get around to changing mine

I can only hold on for so long

© Gary Winston Apple, 1999.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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