In the middle of the night everyone is sleepin' Once the bands have died down, and our brothers and our sisters are gone I feel the shakin' in my sides, conscious and familiar I pace some unfamiliar street till I pass out or calm down enough And I can't tell you how desperate sometimes I've gotten You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Maria We've gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'm comin' home Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I nearly lost you You've gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'm comin' home And in the middle of the day when the heat keeps on risin' The fear of sickness or breakdown or infidelity makes its rounds And in the drag of the late afternoon, settlin' into evenin' Well that I just can't describe with a dry eye or American words And I can't tell you how many times I just wanna lie down You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Maria We've gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'm comin' home You've gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I nearly lost you Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'm comin' home You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos And your old '55 that you drove through the roof Of the sky up above these indifferent stars While you just kept comin' apart (Hold on, hold on, hold on) You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Maria Gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, I'm comin' home These records and these bands, ain't it after when charts really matter To these hands and these arms and this tired Irish heart made of stone Gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on