Song Lyrics--- that are poetry.....
Hold On Loosely
by 38 Special

You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you
Realize what you had

And my mind goes back to a girl I left
Long years ago who told me

Just hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose control

Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

It's so damn easy
When your feelings are such
To overprotect her
To love her too much

And my mind goes back to a girl I left
Long years ago who told me

Just hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose control

Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

Don't let her slip away
Sentimental fool
Don't let your heart get in the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah

You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you
Realize what you had

So hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose control

Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

So hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose it
You're gonna lose control

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

So hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose control

Hold on loosely
But don't let go
If you cling too tightly to her
You're gonna lose control, yeah, yeah, yeah

Written by James Michael Peterik, Jeffrey S. Carlisi, Don Barnes • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group
My first wife was insanely crazy about this song. I was 19 and she was 21, and she was hotter than a 5 dollar pistol.
She always said--that song is about us.
Sadly, I found out that she was correct.
I just wasn't into sharing anything, especially not her..
OK, SHE DID JUST FINE UNTIL SHE DID ANOTHER ROUND OF DRUGS WHEN I WAS AT WORK --THEN IT WAS A DISAPPEAR ACT AND PARTY TIME.
FINALLY I HAD TO CUT THAT LOOSE..
That hippie free love might have been ok- if the couple were not already husband and wife(not that we ever did that before we married-we didn't).
But marriage means faithfulness or else why get married?
She tried a dozen times but the lure/addiction of drugs were too strong.
Sad, I hear now she is in very bad shape health-wise.
But life marches on and we pay for the life and way we lived..Tyr