Holding On To You

I left the east side for a west coast beauty A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses She was down by street decree She swore sheґd pull my best years out of me Fat painted lips on a life wire beaut A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes Her face was

Another year is gone so fast Another life becomes the past Under the weight of dreams That I never thought would last Feelings clash And set a light across the globe This window seat becomes my home I lie awake for hours Staring at the world below In

I'm taking over my body, back in control, no more shotty I bet a lot of me was lost, "T"s uncrossed and 'I's undotted I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got Not anymore, flesh out the door, swat I must've forgot, you can't