Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Carly Simon
Canonical path: /carly-simon/hold-what-you-ve-got
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hold What You've Got
Read Hold What You've Got lyrics by Carly Simon on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hold What You've Got
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You had better hold on
Hold on to what you've got
You had better hold on
Hold on to what you've got
'Cause if you think
Nobody else wants it
Just throw it away
And you will see
Somebody else will have it
Before you can count 1-2-3
You take love for granted
And it's gone like a bandit
And this loneliness cuts like a knife
When you see what you've lost
It's already cost
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Carly Simon performs "Hold What You've Got", and this lyric page sits inside the Carly Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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