To Have and to Hold - Maddy Prior

N the dark continents of famine

The swollen bellied children stare

But apathy defeats despair

Unfortunates in place and time

Surely someday the bells must chime for you

To have and to hold

The have nots have always been told

Their day will come

So they sit and watch and wait

While fate fails to deliver

They sit and shiver through the cold light of day

In the mean lands of the plenty

In empty rooms everywhere

The sad eyed lovers stare

At letters or at telephones

Praying for loved ones to come home again

To have and to hold

The have nots have always been told

Their day will come

So they sit and watch and wait

While fate fails to deliver

They sit and shiver through the cold light of day

The waiting and the yearning

The burning turning inside out

The silent shout of need

Gentle tempting whispered greed

Will twist your heart and turn your head about

To have and to hold

The have nots have always been told

Their day will come

So they sit and watch and wait

While fate fails to deliver

They sit and shiver through the cold light of day

To have and to hold

The have nots have always been told

Their day will come

So they sit and watch and wait

While fate fails to deliver

They sit and shiver through the cold light of day