Yours To Hold

It's a dark and lonesome pathway
‘Less you got someone along
Who can wipe away your teardrops
And sing you your own song.
There’s lost souls in the desert.
I been lost there too,
But from this day I hand my heart to you. 

I checked in every café,
Danced on every barroom floor
I wandered every side street
Till I stumbled to your door.
I ran through rain and thunder
And the fog a man endures,
But from now on my lonely heart is yours. 

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I hand my heart to you, babe,
It don’t matter where I am
The snowcapped fells of Finland
Or the jungles of Siam
Place your bets on me, babe,
You can turn your lead to gold
‘Cos in this world my heart is yours to hold 

I'm flying to your rescue
When your nerves become unwound.
I’ll build a wall around you
Even Joshua can’t blow down.

Some men count Mercedes,
Count guitars or mountain homes
Some men carve their legends
Into monuments of stone.
I hope the world remembers
After all my days are through
I gladly gave up all my heart to you. 

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Feb. 1990; June-July 2025

Copyright © 2025 by Michael Kim Roos