Name: Holdin' On To Hope
Channel: Tim Keesee and Greg C Brown
Description: Never give up hope.

Holdin' On To Hope

Greg C Brown

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Never give up hope.

acoustic folk country lai

Greg C Brown

Lyricist on an endless quest for the perfect melody.

I'm afraid I can't claim to be a band, although I have been known to jump on a bandwagon from time to time. No, I'm just a humble lyricist who is in absolute awe of the composers who have stumbled into my life and bothered to wrap a melody around some of my words. I've been attempting to legitimately call myself a lyricist since I was about 14 years old. Have a listen, won't you, and let me know if I qualify.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #90

Peak in subgenre #30

Author

Tim Keesee and Greg C Brown

Rights

2004 Tim Keesee and Greg C. Brown

Uploaded

July 20, 2004

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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

Just another great collaboration between Mr. Keesee and me!

Lyrics

Holdin’ On To Hope

Her mama named her Hope
As she held her newborn tight.
She knew that Hope was special,
She could see it in her eyes.
The years would pass and Hope grew fast,
But they grew closer by the day.
When pneumonia struck her mother
Hope nursed each ache away.

One winter night snow turned to ice
And gave Hope one slippery ride.
A crash on the bridge at Taylor’s Ridge
Left the teen fighting for her life.

    And her mama was holdin’ on to Hope
    Like only a mother can.
    Calling prayers to the Lord upstairs,
    She held her baby’s hand.
    The doctor said “She’s critical,
    We’ve done everything we know.”  
    Her mama held tight to her faith
    She was holdin’ on to hope.

Well, I fell in love with Hope
In the twelfth grade when we first met.
But she loved Eddie Johnson,
Wore his class ring around her neck
I often tried to tell her
But the words fell down my chin.
Hope was someone’s high school sweetheart
And I was just her friend.

Eddie was sly, a Casanova guy,
Kept a few girls on the side.
When Hope got word I knew she hurt,
I could see the pain in her eyes.

    And I was holdin’ on to Hope
    As only a friend would do.
    Wiping every tear that fell
    While my own heart broke in two.
    The two of us were pitiful
    As we held each other close.
    She never knew the way I felt
    But I was holdin’ on to hope.

College graduation,
I found the nerve to write a note.
Didn’t want to face the future
Without holdin’ on to hope

    Now, I’m holdin’ on to Hope
    Like only a husband can.
    Loving every minute of life
    Since she gave me her hand.
    Each day is more beautiful
    Than the ones I used to know.   
    I never knew dreams could come true
    ‘But I kept holdin’ on to Hope.

    No, I never knew dreams could come true
    ‘Til I was holding on to Hope.

Her mama named her Hope…

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