Hard To Hold

HARD TO HOLD - Written by Carroll Bryant

Yesterday couldn't be so far away

I can still remember all the crazy things

That I said and done

People claim you have to move ahead

Never looking back is their philosophy

So cancel all your dreams, and put them all aside

You know it isn't right to keep them in your sights

Live your life for now because you're getting old

Drifting with the tide and so I am told

That yesterdays dreams are hard to hold

Loving pains, they take what they claim

Now I can recall some of their names

But the feelings have changed

People say you have to try and walk away

Never to return is their remedy 

So cancel your beating heart and learn to hide

You know it isn't right to keep love in your sights

Live your life because you know you're growing old

Go with the flow or so I am told

That yesterdays love is hard to hold

It's difficult to imagine that people choose to lose

They are self destructive and seemingly confused

Why can not they see that everything's for real?

And no matter how hard I try I can't change the way I feel

Now everything around me spins in dismay

I can't find a reason for everything I say

But what I mean is very true

People pray with tears in their eyes

Never surrender is their compromise

So cancel your thinking mind and turn out the lights

You know it isn't right to make friends with the night

Just go with the flow because you're getting old

Drifting with the tide of everything I'm told

Just live your life

Just live your life for now

But tell me why 

Why is everything in this world so hard to hold?

Yesterday ... shouldn't be so far away