Holding On To Nothing
Composer(s): Jerry Chestnut
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Loretta Lynn



We're holding on with nothin' left to hold on to 
I'm so tired of holding on to nothin' 
The years have shown no kindness 
for the hard times that we've been through
We've squeezed the life from every dream and still go right on bluffin' 
With really nothing left to hold on to 

Oh why do we keep holding on with nothing left to hold on to 
Let's be honest with each other that's at least that we can do 
I feel guilty when they envy me and you 
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to 

We were young and foolishly mistaken 
Victims of a passion much too strong to be denied 
With only tears to show for all the years that we've been fakin' 
God only knows how long how hard we've tried 

Oh why do we keep holding on with nothing left to hold on to 
Let's be honest with each other that's at least that we can do 
I feel guilty when they envy me and you 
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to 
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to