Hold Back the River - tenor

James Bay

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Tried to keep you close to me

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But life got in between

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Tried to square not being there

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But think that I should have been

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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

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Hold back the river, so I

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Can stop for a minute and see where you hide

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Hold back the river, hold back

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Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander

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Let us hold each other