Hold Onto Love - William DeVaughn

Hold onto hope, love I searched high and low for you For you Each day gets closer So hold on stronger to me And you Someday soon, I'll find you Someday soon, I'll know you Someday, ooooh oh Yeah, oh So hold onto hope, love I searched high and low for you For you Each day gets closer So hold on stronger to me And you Someday soon, Someday soon, I'll know you Someday, ooooh oh Yeah, oh Someday soon, I'll find you Someday soon, I'll know you Someday, ooooh oh So hold onto hope, love I searched high and low for you For you Each day gets closer So hold on stronger to me And you To me, ohh oh, and you To me, ohh oh, and you To me, ohh oh, and you

I know I've got my problems and it starts with me She saw something inside that I can't see And late at night, yeah, she'll comfort me Hold onto me, hold onto me I got a nervous habit, and I drink too much She said she hates her life and wants to change her ways She wakes in the night and whispers Oh, so quiet "Hold onto me, hold onto me Don't you ever leave, don't you ever leave I know I've got my problems and it's probably me So, hold onto me, hold onto me" Stayed up too late, and it hurts to breathe Said, "It's 4 A.M., girl, go back to sleep" Sometimes, at night, I can hear her dreams "Come rescue me, come rescue me Don't you ever leave, don't you ever leave I know we got our problems and it's probably me So, hold onto me, hold onto me" I'm a drifter's body in an open sea And I've seen my reflection staring right back at me With no place to go, and you're left all alone There's no place like home Hold onto me, hold onto me Just stay with me, just stay with me I know we got our problems and you'll probably leave So, hold onto me, hold onto me I could never leave, I will never leave So, hold onto me, hold on to me

As a man, there's a time when you gotta man up And you might even know how to say it Well, all you gotta do is play her this Tell her, sit down for minute, let me talk to you Better yet say, baby, stand up And let me get on one knee and explain I broke hearts and I've had girlfriends Varieties and even one night stands I've played the field even thought I had Miss Right one time But I guess it wasn't in the most high's plan When you spoke I recognized your voice And felt like dejavu this time I'm prepared for you, the scrimmage is over I'm a keep it real and true Don't want no girlfriend Don't want a two week love affair that just ends Don't need no married Not five, not three, just one I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife I want you to be my wife, my wife So just say yes and pick out your dress My friends say I'm crazy but girl, I wouldn't load right now Now hold out till we get to the hotel room on our honeymoon Never thought I'd be doin' it this soon but hey Oh, I'm not afraid of love, I'm with you because I'm a grown man now, ooh, I've got a winner this time I see my dreams come true, I'm prepared for you This scrimmage is over, I'm a keep it real with you Don't want no girlfriend Don't want no two week love affair that just ends Don't need no married Not five, not three, just one Won't you be my wife? My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife I want you to be my wife, my wife And after we say I do I'm a hand dance with you Tell the DJ to play that jam DJ Wayne Williams, play that jam And after we say I do I'm a line dance with you And tell the DJ to play that jam Hey, Kenny dope-man, play that jam? I want you be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife I want you to be my wife I want you be my wife My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife My wife, my wife ... My wife, my wife I want you to be my wife I want you to be my wife Say yes

Kiss me like when I dream of you Notice me, act like you have a clue Flirt with me, act like I interest you Like my eyes do, wish I could undress you So I try to find the words But I only suffocate Then my palms, they start to sweat And my shirt is soakin' wet You give me the butterflies You give me the nervous side of life Don't walk by, just say hello, baby You are my day dreams when I'm awake Let's sleep like I pretend we do Convince me that day dreams do come true Picture as where I picture you And I just panic when you're in bird's eye view And I try to say hello and the words don't come out right Wish I could find myself but it's a losing fight You give me the butterflies You give me the nervous side of life Don't walk by, just say hello, baby You are my day dreams when I'm awake I go dreamin' you go wakin' me You won't catch me and I keep fallin' girl You only notice me in a perfect world But the world is so imperfect so You give me the butterflies You give me the nervous side of life Don't walk by, just say hello, baby You are my day dreams when I'm awake You are my day dreams when I'm awake You are my day dreams when I'm awake