Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Canonical path: /bachman-turner-overdrive/hold-back-the-water
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hold Back The Water
Read Hold Back The Water lyrics by Bachman-Turner Overdrive on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hold Back The Water
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Headed cross the border
Looking for a place to play
I left the Sun behind I don't mind
But I think that it looked like rain
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Headed west to Georgia
Looking for the road to LA
They say the weather's fine
But the Sun don't shine
'Cause the smog's always in the way
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Hey!
I've never played no smoker
You know I've never played no hot dog
The preacher say I was born this way
With storm cloud in my heart
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
Uh!
Headed cross the border
Looking for a place to play
I left the Sun behind, I don't mind
But I think that it looked like rain
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
I gotta find time to burn
Hold back the water
I gotta find time to burn
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive performs "Hold Back The Water", and this lyric page sits inside the Bachman-Turner Overdrive catalog on LyroVerse.
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