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Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years


Simply Red - Holding Back The Years Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Picture Book
Released: 1985

Holding Back The Years Lyrics


Holding Back The Years,
Thinking of the fear I've had for so long.
When somebody hears,
Listen to the fear that's gone.
Strangled by the wishes of pater,
Hoping for the arm of mater,
Get to me sooner or later,

Nothing ever could, yeah.
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on.

Chance for me to escape from all I know.
Holding back the tears.
There's nothing here has grown.
I've wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good,

Nothing ever could, yeah.
I'll keep holding on,

I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on
So tight.

Writer/s: HUCKNALL, MICHAEL JAMES/MOSS, NEIL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Holding Back The Years
  • Simply Red is singer Mick Hucknall ("Red" was his nickname because of his red hair). He originally recorded this in 1979 with his band The Frantic Elevators.
  • Hucknall wrote this in his bedroom at his father's house. He was still a teenager.
  • Simply Red went on to record 10 UK Top 10 hits, including "Fairground" a 1995 #1. In the US, their cover of Harold Melvyn's "If You Don't Know Me by Now" became their second American chart topper and the best selling British single in the US in 1989.