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Ashtar Command Holding Out for Love
1
AmYou wished Fyou might have failed
anEmd left it all behind, 
yFou'Gve goAmt to take it easy on yourself.
You're Fsearching for your strength 
and wiEmshing on the stars. 
YFou've got Gto Cmake it easy for yourself.
chorus:
CYou'rEme breaking apart at the seams, 
and Amholding out for the one
you Ghad befFore you lost it all.
CYou're fallEming apart and it seems
that all you Amwant  is the one
 you Ghad befFore you lost control. 
FYou're holding out for love, 
keeCp holding out for love...
2
You followed all the strings
that lead to better things, 
you might be wrong be least you got to try,
to get back to strength, 
to nurse you back to health. 
You might have lost but at least you know you tried.
chorus:
You're breaking apart at the seams,
and holding out for the one 
you had before you lost it all. 
You're falling apart and it seems 
that all you want is the one 
you had before you lost control. 
You're holding out for love, 
keeping holding out for love...
Special from Russia with love ;)

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Holding Out For Love

by Ashtar Command

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Ashtar Command Holding Out for Love

Am F

You wished you might have failed

and left it all behind,

F G Am

you've got to take it easy on yourself.

You're searching for your strength

and wishing on the stars.

F G C

You've got to make it easy for yourself.

chorus:

C Em

You're breaking apart at the seams,

and holding out for the one

G F

you had before you lost it all.

C Em

You're falling apart and it seems

that all you want is the one

G F

you had before you lost control.

You're holding out for love,

keep holding out for love...

You followed all the strings

that lead to better things,

you might be wrong be least you got to try,

to get back to strength,

to nurse you back to health.

You might have lost but at least you know you tried.

chorus:

You're breaking apart at the seams,

and holding out for the one

you had before you lost it all.

You're falling apart and it seems

that all you want is the one

you had before you lost control.

You're holding out for love,

keeping holding out for love...

Special from Russia with love ;)

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