hold the heart

the sun beats hard on an empty beach where i tried so hard

but couldn't reach the stars in your eyes

you were just a child when i came to you and we were friends

'till love stepped in

and you stepped away

i would lie and curse the day

and visit places where we lay alone

and find them turned to stone

because you hold the heart of someone new

i'll take a chance on time

hold out here for something true

standing out of line

but i would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name

the way you did before he came

the way you will again

i fell apart and you came to me

i never can explain how much it turned me round

much more than upside down

because you hold the heart of someone new

i'll take a chance on time

hold out here for something true

standing out of line

but i would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name

the way you did before he came

the way you will again

and i love the sun

and i need the rain

and i know the way that you left me was only to test me

and i was vain

and i will be strong

and i will be warm

and i will let no one come near me until you will hear me

just once again

and time will wear a mountain down

and make a lover of the clown who laughed too long

and colored you wrong

now i hold the heart of someone new

i'll take a chance on time

hold out here for something true

standing out of line

but i would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name

the way you did before he came

the way you will again

but i would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name

the way you did before he came

the way you will again