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Artist: Stephen Gately
Canonical path: /gately-stephen/when-the-going-gets-tough
Related lyric paths: 6
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When the Going Gets Tough
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When the Going Gets Tough
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RONAN: I've got something to tell you
I've got something to say
I'm gonna put this dream in motion
Gonna let nothing stand in my way
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
I'm gonna get myself across the river
It's the price I'm willing to pay
I'm gonna make you stand and deliver
Giving me love in the old fashioned way
ALL: Darling
RONAN: I'll climb any mountain
ALL: Darling
RONAN: I'll do anything
RONAN: Ooo [ooh] can I touch you [can I touch you] and do the things that lovers do
Ooo [ooh] wanna hold you [wanna hold you], I've got to get it through to you
When the going gets tough
ALL:The tough get going
When the going gets rough
The tough get rough
STEPHEN: I'm gonna buy me a one way ticket
Nothing's gonna hold me back
Your love's like a slow train coming
I feel it coming down the track
Darling I'll climb any mountain
Darling I'll do anything
Ooo [ooh] can I touch you [can I touch you] and do the things that lovers do
Ooo [ooh] wanna hold you [wanna hold you], I've got to get it through to you
ALL: When the going gets tough
The tough get going
When the going gets rough
The tough get rough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
STEPHEN: Darling I'll climb any mountain
Darling I'll do anything
RONAN: Darling I'll reach for the heavens
Darling with you loving me
ALL: Ooo [ooh] can I touch you [can I touch you] and do the things that lovers do
Ooo [ooh] wanna hold you [wanna hold you] , I've gotta get it through to you
When the going gets tough [going gets tough]
When the going gets rough [going gets rough]
When the going gets tough [going gets tough]
When the going gets rough [going gets rough]
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