"Hold Everything" lyrics
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart Lyrics
Could you hear the car coming?
Did you stumble and fall?
Did you sleep without waking?
Were you ready to go?
Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest?
Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest?
Ooh
When you saw the wave rising
Did you run to the shore?
Were you half way through coffee
When he broke down the door?
Did you hear the brake sing as you stepped on the line?
Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Ooh
Were you swaddled in morphine?
Was she stroking your hair?
Was your granddaughter sleeping
In a hospital chair?
Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread?
Were you shielding your children or lying alone in your bed?
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Ooh
Did you stumble and fall?
Did you sleep without waking?
Were you ready to go?
Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest?
Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest?
Ooh
When you saw the wave rising
Did you run to the shore?
Were you half way through coffee
When he broke down the door?
Did you hear the brake sing as you stepped on the line?
Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Ooh
Were you swaddled in morphine?
Was she stroking your hair?
Was your granddaughter sleeping
In a hospital chair?
Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread?
Were you shielding your children or lying alone in your bed?
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything dear
Ooh
