HOLD BACK THE RIVER- JAMES BAY

Verse 1

Tried to keep you close to me

But life, got in between

Tried to square not being there

The second I, should have been

Chorus

Hold back the river; let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river, so I

Can stop for a minute and see where you hide

Hold back the river, hold back

Verse 2

Once upon a different life

We rode our bikes into the sky

But now we call against the tide

Those distant days are flashing by

Chorus

Hold back the river; let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river, so I

Can stop for a minute and be by your side

Hold back the river, hold back

Hold back the river; let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river, so I

Can stop for a minute and see where you hide

Hold back the river, hold back

Hold oho, ohooo, Oho,

Ohooo, oho, oh, whoa, ooh

Hook

Lonely water,

Lonely water, won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other

Lonely water,

Lonely water, won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other

Chorus

Hold back the river; let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river, so I

Can stop for a minute and be by your side

Hold back the river, hold back

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river, so I

Can stop for a minute and be by your side

Hold back the river, hold

Hook

Lonely water,

Lonely water, won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other

Lonely water,

Lonely water, won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other

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