Two young lovers with their bodies on fire

Aching to swim that river of desire

Leaving innocence there on the bank by their clothes

A man holdin' on to a woman letting go

There's a man with a bottle on the other side of town

Swimming with a memory that he can't drown

Lord it ain't sunk in that she ain't coming home

A man holdin' on to a woman letting go

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His heart is telling him to hang on for dear life

Cause deep down he knows

She's letting go for good this time

There's a daddy walking his daughter down the aisle

Fighting back tears and forcing a smile

Oh for twenty-two years he's watched her grow

A man holdin' on to a woman letting go

In the Hillvalley home there's a feable old man

And he's holding on to a fragile old hand

And the angels are coming to carry her home

Now he's a man holdin' on to a woman letting go

Chorus

Two young lovers with their bodies on fire

Aching to swim that river of desire

Leaving innocence there on the bank by their clothes

A man holdin' on to a woman letting go

Oh a man holdin' on to a woman

A woman letting go