Songwriter: Rupert Holmes
Producer: Jeffrey Lesser
As the evening ends
I feel as if we're friends
And I know it's hard, baby
Makin' up your lonely mind
If you want love forever
You'd better slip away
And I don't wanna hold your hand
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
How I wanna be your man
Back in '65
When I was half-alive
I begged, "Please, please me
Baby, baby, love me do"
But the days are gone forever
Of hearing John and Paul
And I don't wanna hold your hand
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
How I wanna be your man
And when I touch you
I can feel you pull back inside
But you show too much to try to hide
Try to hide, try to hide
Try to hide, try to hide
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That won't do for me right now
Draw me close, I'll show you how
Understand, understand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That won't do for me right now
Draw me close, I'll show you how
Understand, understand
I don't wanna hold your hand...
I feel as if we're friends
And I know it's hard, baby
Makin' up your lonely mind
If you want love forever
You'd better slip away
And I don't wanna hold your hand
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
How I wanna be your man
Back in '65
When I was half-alive
I begged, "Please, please me
Baby, baby, love me do"
But the days are gone forever
Of hearing John and Paul
And I don't wanna hold your hand
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
How I wanna be your man
And when I touch you
I can feel you pull back inside
But you show too much to try to hide
Try to hide, try to hide
Try to hide, try to hide
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That won't do for me right now
Draw me close, I'll show you how
Understand, understand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That was ten long years ago
I no longer move that slow
Hold your hand, hold your hand
I don't wanna hold your hand
That won't do for me right now
Draw me close, I'll show you how
Understand, understand
I don't wanna hold your hand...
more tracks from the album
Songs That Sound Like Movies: The Complete Epic Recordings
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Rifles and Rum
- Studio Musician
- The Man Behind the Woman
- The Place Where Failure Goes
- Who, What, When, Where, Why
- I Don’t Want to Get Over You
- You Make Me Real
- Aw Shucks
- The Last of the Romantics
- For Beginners Only
- Philly
- Queen Bee
- Love Out of Time
- Lullaby for Myself
- Magic Trick
- Deco Lady
- You Burned Yourself Out
- Too Scared to Sing
- Singles
- Widescreen
- Touch and Go
- Terminal
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- Annabella
- Soap Opera
- Brass Knuckles
- Our National Pastime
- Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk
- Second Saxophone
- Phantom of the Opera
- Letters That Cross in the Mail
- Talk
- The One of Us (Demo for A Star Is Born)
From the albums
Rupert Holmes popular songs
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
- Terminal
- Nearsighted
- The Mask
- Loved by the One You Love
- Blackjack
- Adventure
- The People That You Never Get to Love
- In You I Trust
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- The O’Brien Girl
- Him (single edit)
- Annabella
- Special Thanks
- Cold
- Soap Opera
- Let’s Get Crazy Tonight
- Him
- Less Is More
- Drop It
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Perfect
- Crowd Pleaser