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The Communards – Hold On Tight (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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The Communards
Red
Hold On Tight

TRACK

Hold On Tight

Release date: 5th October 1987

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About This Track

"Hold On Tight" is a track by The Communards, from the album Red, released 5th October 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Communards

The Communards

Lyrics

Hold On Tight

Thought my hopes had died that night

I saw the future slowly slip away

Seems we've got this great divide

Self-gain and greed have had their wicked way

Now, now we've got five more years

And wasted tears won't wash this stain away

The days ahead look bleak for some

The feast for others has begun

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you got

How I felt despair that night

Our fears have surfaced once again

Shame, ashamed at what they've done

By making it a little harder for me and you

Now I ask what can be done

Down these crumbling streets

A wind of change must come

As I take you in my arms

We will proudly walk

We'll never run

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you got

Some have seen it all before

It wasn't all that long ago

They've sold us lies, they've sold us lies

Glass houses in the city

Retreats at Isle of Dogs

Time to get up our armies

And work towards

Towards a brighter day

All the hopes I thought I'd lost that night

Will give me strength to overcome

Keep on holding on

Keep on holding on

Keep on holding on

Keep a hold of what you got

Keep on holding on

So

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight

(Keep on) Hold on tight to what you've got

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Track details

From Red

1987

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Album

Release year

1987

1Tomorrow
4:48
2T.M.T. Love T.B.M.G.
4:35
3Matter of Opinion
4:26
4Victims
4:31
5For a Friend
5:03
6Never Can Say Goodbye
4:51
7Lovers and Friends
4:15
8Hold On Tight
4:48
9If I Could Tell You
4:14
10C Minor
5:10
—Never Can Say Goodbye
4:51
—Tomorrow
4:48
—T.M.T. Love T.B.M.G.
4:35
—T.M.T.♥.T.B.M.G.
—Matter of Opinion
—Lovers and Friends
—C Minor
—If I Could Tell You
—Hold On Tight
—Victims

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jimmy Somerville, Richard Coles
Producer: Stephen Hague