Hang On lyrics

Song information

Artist: Gerry Rafferty
Album: On A Wing And A Prayer

Lyrics

When life gets tough
When this old road gets rough
What happens to me and you
What do we do -- we hang on

When you confess
Your life is in a mess
And only you can muddle through
What do you do -- you hang on

Love is blind, love is kind
What do you do when it leaves you behind
Like yesterday's papers -- like yesterday's news

You don't wanna be all by yourself
You don't wanna be left on the shelf
When you're feeling small and tired of it all

Those lonely days
Those sad and lonely days
Left sad and blue without a clue
What do you do -- you hang on

Love is real -- love can heal
What do you do when the love that you feel
Turns out to be one dream that never came true

You imagined it was so much more
Now you're stranded on another shore
And you don't expect to resurrect

A love gone wrong
A love that was so strong
Left sad and blue without a clue
What do you do -- you hang on

Drums/percussion: arran ahmun
Keyboards: pavel rosak
Programming: pavel rosak
Electric guitar: hugh burns
Bass guitar: mo foster
Acoustic guitar: gerry rafferty
Bottleneck guitar: bryn haworth
Saxophones: mel collins
Lead vocals: gerry rafferty
Backing vocals: nicky moore / joe egan / julian littman / gerry rafferty