"Hold Everything" lyrics - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
"Hold Everything"

[Verse 1: Karine Polwart, Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
Could you hear the car coming? Did you stumble and fall?
Did you sleep without waking? Were you ready to go?
Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest?
Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 2: Karine Polwart, Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
When you saw the wave rising, did you run to the shore?
Were you halfway through coffee when he broke down the door?
Did you hear the brakes sing as you stepped on the line?
Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?

[Chorus: Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything
Dear
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 3: Karine Polwart, Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
Were you swaddled in morphine? She's strokin' your hair
Was your granddaughter sleeping in a hospital chair?
Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread?
Were you shielding your children or lyin' alone in your bed?

[Chorus: Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
Hold everything
Hold everything
Hold everything
Dear
Hold everything (Hold on)
Hold everything (Hold on)
Hold everything (Hold on)
Dear

[Outro: Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter & Julie Fowlis]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh