Here I sit trying to write a song for you While you read poetry you found in the yard Words don't come easy Gotta stretch 'em out before you push 'em through Having a love so strong for you was never hard There are songs about leaving, songs about grieving But here's a song about holding on As tight as I can I'm gonna hold on to you as tight as I can I love to kiss ya, when you're madder than a diatribe And when you smile out of the corner of your eye You love surprises but you don't like to be surprised When the kick drum hits you in the heart it makes you cry There are songs about leaving, sad songs for grieving But here's a song about holding on As tight as I can, as tight as I can, as tight as I can I'm gonna hold on to you as tight as I can As tight as I can, as tight as I can, as tight as I can I'm gonna hold on to you as tight as I can I've heard to be a man in love, you gotta act like a man in love As if a little hard work and spit shine will have to do I turned it over and it tasted sour upon my tongue Cuz I'm a man in love whenever I'm with you I'm a man in love whenever I'm with you.