Hold My Hand

Album: Cracked Rear View (1994)
Charted: 50 10
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  • With a little love and some tenderness
    We'll walk upon the water
    We'll rise above the mess

    With a little peace and some harmony
    We'll take the world together
    We'll take them by the hand

    'Cause I've got a hand for you, oh
    'Cause I wanna run with you

    Yesterday, I saw you standing there
    Your head was down, your eyes were red
    No comb had touched your hair

    I said, get up, and let me see you smile
    We'll take a walk together
    Walk the road awhile, 'cause

    'Cause I've got a hand for you
    I've got a hand for you
    'Cause I wanna run with you
    Won't you let me run with you, yeah

    (Hold my hand)
    Want you to hold my hand
    (Hold my hand)
    I'll take you to a place
    Where you can be
    (Hold my hand)
    Anything you wanna be because
    I wanna love you the best that
    The best that I can

    See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
    'Til I thought about your problems
    I thought about your crimes

    Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
    I don't wanna be part of your problems
    Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no

    'Cause I've got a hand for you
    I've got a hand for you
    'Cause I wanna run with you
    Won't you let me run with you

    (Hold my hand)
    Want you to hold my hand
    (Hold my hand)
    I'll take you to the promised land
    (Hold my hand)
    Maybe we can't change the world but
    I wanna love you the best that
    The best that I can, yeah

    Let me walk, oh won't you let me, let me
    (Hold my hand)
    Want you to hold my hand
    (Hold my hand)
    I'll take you to a place where you can be
    (Hold my hand)
    Anything you wanna be because

    I oh no, no, no, no, no
    (Hold my hand)
    Want you to hold my hand
    (Hold my hand)
    I'll take you to the promised land
    (Hold my hand)
    Maybe we can't change the world but
    I wanna love you the best that
    The best that I can
    Oh, best that I can Writer/s: Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, Mark Bryan
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Unison Rights S.L.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Miles from Vancouver, CanadaI still like it, even if the rest of the album hasn't aged well.
  • Jim from Long Beach, CaLove this song and Hootie. Brings back a great time in my life!!
  • Jessica from Tulsa, OkPaul, I couldn't agree more. For some reason I just LOVE this song (probably because I'm a 90s kid). Reading the lyrics, I think it's mostly about overcoming a disaster and moving on in a positive light. I remember people playing this song a lot shortly after the 9/11 attacks when everyone joined together and helped out. Great song.
  • Jeff from Austin, TxI have nothing against Hootie or the blowfish personally, but I never understood how in the hell they were so popular. It just shows how pathetically lame the mid-90s music scene was. For God's sake, I even thought Hanson and Spice Girls were better than them.
  • Paul from Savannah, GaIt's so weird now. I remember people around my age (I was 16 at the time) loved Hootie. Now everyone is like uhhh. Personally I like them just for the nostalgia factor, they remind me of good times in my life.
  • Mike from Boston, MaI remember first hearing the song back in the Summer of 1994. The song didn't really seem to take off though until the band performed on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve Special in the Winter of that year.
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