D'arby Terence Trent - "Holding On To You" lyrics

I left the east side for a west coast beauty She was down by street decree A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses She swore she'd pull my best years out of me Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes Her face was my favourite magazine Her body was my favourite book to read They say that all poets must have and unrequited love But holding on to you means letting go on pain As all lovers must have thought provoking fears Means letting go of tears Means letting go of rain Means letting go of what's not real Holding on to you A chamomile smile that pouts on cue I left the rough side for a seaside baby For every moment I breathe her sigh Her bosom contains my sweet alibi And breathes it out as garden flowers In an emotional mist she breathes in fog Why me of all the tough talking boys' I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise They say that all poets must have an unrequited love As all lovers must have thought provoking fears Means letting go of tears But holding on to you means letting go of pain Means letting go of the rain Holding on to you Means letting go of what's not real Means letting sorrows heal Holding on to you They say that all poets must have an unrequited love But holding on to you means letting sorrows heal As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears Means letting go of what's not real Holding on to you I left the east coast for a west coast beauty She was down by street decree A woman who burned my thoughts like kisses Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas She swore she'd pull my best years out of me Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod She's my new religion she's all I got They say that all poets must have an unrequited love As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears But holding on to you means letting go of pain Means letting go of rain Means letting go of tears Means letting sorrows heal It means letting go