From the recording Whiskey Town: The Collection
Words & Music by Joanne Stacey & Janine Carey-Bourke
Lyrics
HOLD ON
SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THE SUN WILL SHINE FOR YOU
AND EVERYTHING YOU’VE DREAMED OF WILL COME TRUE
THOUGH RIGHT NOW YOU’RE EMPTY, BROKEN FROM THE FALL
WHAT SEEMS SO BIG TODAY WILL THEN SEEM SMALL
CHORUS:
THE FIRST STEP THAT YOU TAKE WILL BE THE HARDEST
BUT THIS MOUNTAIN THAT YOU’RE FACING’S WORTH THE CLIMB
IT JUST MIGHT TAKE EVERYTHING YOU’RE MADE OF
TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE
HOLD ON
GUESS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THINGS WILL GO OUR WAY
CROSS OUR FINGERS, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE PRAY
I KNOW IT’S HARD TO SEE IT THROUGH THE FOG YOU’RE IN
TAKE A CHANCE AND HEALING WILL BEGIN
~ CHORUS ~
BRIDGE:
YOU MAY THINK I CAN’T KNOW YOUR PAIN
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH
I KNOW YOU ARE FEELING ALL ALONE
CUZ I HAVE BEEN THERE TOO
CHORUS:
AND FIRST STEP THAT I TOOK, IT WAS THE HARDEST
BUT THAT MOUNTAIN THAT I FACED WAS WORTH THE CLIMB
AND IT DAMN WELL TOOK EVERYTHING I’M MADE OF
TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE
YAH, THE FIRST STEP THAT YOU TAKE WILL BE THE HARDEST
BUT THAT MOUNTAIN THAT YOU’RE FACING’S WORTH THE CLIMB
IT JUST MIGHT TAKE EVERYTHING YOU’RE MADE OF
TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE
HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, TAKE MY HAND AND HOLD ON…