Intro and Verses

G5   DC5     (repeat)


         G5             D5           C5
It was a kind of town, edge of the universe
Nothin&#039; happened there to ever make the news
Lived a little boy and a girl next door
Had opinions and independent views


     A5                G5       D5
They dreamed of nights and big city lights

    A5                  G5      D5
It helped to kill each dreary day

    A5                   G5      C5
And all the things that gettin&#039; out would bring

    A5              G5   D5
If only they could get away

   D5
He say


Chorus

   G5       D5   Em(7)
I can&#039;t     hold      on 

            C5     G5       Am(7)
&#039;cause I&#039;m fee....lin&#039;    strong

               G5    D5       Em(7)
but there&#039;s so ma.....ny         things    

D5          C5
  I&#039;m not knowing



but the city light didn&#039;t burn so bright
and the light of day was never warm
and the little boy got into one more fight

and the girl next door said &quot;I miss my home&quot;

            D5   D5
he said &quot;believe in me&quot;

          D5   D5
she said &quot;I don&#039;t know&quot;

         D5     D5
he said &quot;can&#039;t you see?&quot;



I can&#039;t hold on &#039;cause I&#039;m feelin&#039; strong
and there&#039;s so many things I&#039;m not knowing
and I can&#039;t hang round this one-horse town
when my soul&#039;s tied down, I&#039;m for going

              G5             C5
so the little boy became a broken man
with a broken face and broken dreams
and the girl next door disappeared one day

and in her place
was a woman-child


I can&#039;t hold on, I&#039;m not feeling strong
there&#039;s so many things that hurt me now
and I can&#039;t step down from this big cold town
where my soul&#039;s tied down 

Repeat Chorus Chords

I can&#039;t hold on &#039;cause I&#039;m feelin&#039; strong
and there&#039;s so many things I&#039;m not knowing