Name: Hold On
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: A song for pandemic-fatigued

Hold On

by Alexis Harte

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A song for pandemic-fatigued

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Hold On
Alexis Harte - Words/Music

I know, Mom
The kids want to see you too
(They say) three more months
We can make it through

So come on Mom
Pull that mask up on your face
Come April
We’ll see you smile again

Born from the Greatest Generation.
Right into the war

Show me Rosie with her rivet gun
Lookin like she’d already won
Come on Ma, I gotta say
This must be like child’s play.

Hold on
Hold on
A little longer now

It's your turn, Dad
I took my queen back to C4
Come next Spring
We’ll sit across your board

And I’ll raise a glass to you
For teaching me the game
When to push my pieces forward,
When to sit back and wait

Then leap from the Greatest Generation
Never missed your call
Show me Josephine Baker
Stolen secrets sold-out halls

Once a great nation,
Put a man on the moon
And after all you done and saw
I don’t suppose you’d take a draw

So hold on, a little longer Now

Hey kids, I know
I know this ain’t ideal
Its hard to care about thing
That you can’t touch or feel

Keep your head up high
Meet that camera lens
Once we’re through this latest wave
You'll see your friends again

The greatest generations are
are born into a war.
Show me Greta skipping out of school
Til the world begins to cool.

An impossible situation
But that was always true

Some come on kids, Get on your boots
Pull yourselves up by the roots.

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released January 17, 2022
Jon Evans: Bass
AH: Lead/Backing Vox, Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Drums
Dave Lebolt: Upright Piano
Megan Slankard: Backing Vox
Damond Moodie: Backing Vox
Nicki Bluhm: Backing Vox

Written and Arranged by: AH
Mixed by: Dave Lebolt

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Alexis Harte San Francisco, California

Alexis Harte is a Peabody and Annie Awards-winning singer-songwriter and composer.

alexisharte.com

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