I needed it most, when I was eighteen But now that I'm older, I don't need many things Just someone to hold, that's what you give me When dark touches your skull babe Aw, baby you drop that on me So I say Lord, all the Heavens you've made Can't hold back the ghosts, that haunt my baby and me Oh can't you hold 'em back, from comin' on in To a lovely woman, that just wants her mind back again I cannot crumble, what you want this to be Or bring peace of mind, ain't there to see Aw, if you don't know yourself, how could you ever know me But to have and to hold, yeah that's the way it's gotta be