Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold that girl
Hold that girl
Hold that girl
Sometimes I get down with guilt
For the promises I've broken to my younger self
Moving on, maybe I never will
Cause I left you spinning on the carousel
Been living without you
Been living without you
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot them long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
(You gotta) Hold that girl
(You gotta) Hold that girl (Ooh)
(You gotta) Hold that girl
(You gotta)
Sometimes I just wanna run away
Leave behind that old me, start again
Then I'll remember who I'm really made of
And she's been hide-and-seeking, waiting all alone
Been living without you
Been living without you (Oh)
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot them long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Close to your heart
Never ever let her go (Never let you go)
They'll tell you to sit up, and shut up, and grow up
What the hell do they know?
Cause the girl in your soul's singing on
And you owe her the world
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot about them so long ago
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot them long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Dođite unutra i držite se blizu
Neću vas ostaviti sami
Nauči me riječima koje sam nekada znao
Da, davno sam ih zaboravio
Pa držite djevojku
Drži djevojku
Drži djevojku
Drži djevojku
Drži tu djevojku
Drži tu djevojku
Drži tu djevojku
Ponekad se spuštam s krivnjom
Za obećanja koja sam prekršila do svog mlađeg sebe
Krećući dalje, možda nikad neću
Jer sam te ostavio da se vrtiš na vrtiću
Živio bez tebe
Živio bez tebe
Dođite unutra i držite se blizu
Neću vas ostaviti sami
Nauči me riječima koje sam nekada znao
Da, davno sam ih zaboravio
Želim se sjetiti
Ona sam ja, a ja sam ona
Pa držite djevojku
Drži djevojku
(Moraš) držati tu djevojku
(Moraš) držati tu djevojku (ooh)
(Moraš) držati tu djevojku
(Moraš)
Ponekad samo želim pobjeći
Ostavi iza sebe onog starog mene, započnite iznova
Tada ću se sjetiti od koga sam stvarno napravljen
I ona je skrivala, čekala sam sama
Živio bez tebe
Živio bez tebe (oh)
Dođite unutra i držite se blizu
Neću vas ostaviti sami
Nauči me riječima koje sam nekada znao
Da, davno sam ih zaboravio
Želim se sjetiti
Ona sam ja, a ja sam ona
Pa držite djevojku
Drži djevojku
Blizu vašeg srca
Nikad je ne puštaj (nikad te ne puštaj)
Reći će vam da sjednete i umuknite i odrastete
Što dovraga znaju?
Uzrokovati da djevojka u vašoj duši pjeva
A ti joj duguješ svijet
Pa držite djevojku
Drži djevojku
Dođite unutra i držite se blizu
Neću vas ostaviti sami
Nauči me riječima koje sam nekada znao
Da, tako davno sam zaboravio na njih
Dođite unutra i držite se blizu
Neću vas ostaviti sami
Nauči me riječima koje sam nekada znao
Da, davno sam ih zaboravio
Želim se sjetiti
Ona sam ja, a ja sam ona
Pa držite djevojku
Drži djevojku