Released: September 7, 1968
Songwriter: Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Barry Gibb
Producer: Colin Petersen Vince Melouney Maurice Gibb Barry Gibb Robert Stigwood Robin Gibb
[Verse 1]
The preacher talked with me and he smiled
Said "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile
Now for once in your life you're alone
But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone"
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Verse 2]
I told him I'm in no hurry
But if I broke her heart, then won't you tell her I'm sorry
And for once in my life, I'm alone
And I gotta let her know just in time before I go
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Verse 3]
Well I laughed, but that didn't hurt
And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt
Now I'm crying, but deep down inside
Well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Outro]
I've just gotta get a message to her
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
I've just gotta get a message to her
Hold on, hold on
The preacher talked with me and he smiled
Said "Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile
Now for once in your life you're alone
But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone"
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Verse 2]
I told him I'm in no hurry
But if I broke her heart, then won't you tell her I'm sorry
And for once in my life, I'm alone
And I gotta let her know just in time before I go
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Verse 3]
Well I laughed, but that didn't hurt
And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt
Now I'm crying, but deep down inside
Well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die
[Chorus]
I've just gotta get a message to you
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
[Outro]
I've just gotta get a message to her
Hold on, hold on
One more hour and my life will be through
Hold on, hold on
I've just gotta get a message to her
Hold on, hold on
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- Heartbreaker
- Nights on Broadway
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- This Is Where I Came In
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Spicks and Specks
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Words
- Too Much Heaven
- You Win Again
- Love So Right
- Alone
- Love You Inside Out
- Guilty
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
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- Jive Talkin’
- If I Can’t Have You
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- More Than a Woman
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Tragedy
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- One
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- My World
- Lonely Days
- Melody Fair
- Run to Me
- Massachusetts
- World
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- Best of Bee Gees (1969)
- Gold (1976)
- Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live (1977)
- The Very Best of the Bee Gees (1990)
- Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song (1967-1990) (1990)
- One Night Only (1998)
- Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001)
- Number Ones (2004)
- The Ultimate Bee Gees (2009)
- Mythology (2010)
- Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (2017)
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- Stayin’ Alive
- You Should Be Dancing
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- More Than a Woman
- Too Much Heaven
- Night Fever
- Words
- Tragedy
- Islands in the Stream
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Massachusetts
- Emotion
- You Win Again
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Alone
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- Holiday
- Love You Inside Out
- Nights on Broadway
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- World
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