You Hold the Key - Beth Nielsen Chapman

Viewed 10 times


Print this lyrics Print it!

     
Page format: Left Center Right
Direct link:
BB code:
Embed:

You Hold the Key Lyrics

One moment in the wink of an eye
There was nothing I could say
A strong feeling started up inside
I knew time would not erase away

For you, oh
My heart is brave, my time is free
I believe deep down in my soul
You hold the key to holding me

All I know is what I feel, baby
What I feel I can't conceal
I've never played those games of mystery

Feelings come and feelings go
In a world where yes means yes and no
You hold the key to holding me

It's so easy to believe someone
When they tell you what you want to hear
I've trusted words that turned to clouds of smoke
As they faded in the atmosphere

But with you, oh
The words don't come so easily
I wonder if you even know
You hold the key to holding me

All I know is what I feel, baby
What I feel I can't conceal
I've never played those games of mystery

Feelings come and feelings go
In a world where yes means yes and no
You hold the key to holding me

One broken heart, you think twice
You feel you can only trust yourself
I've come across that desert
So sure I was never gonna find your love

All I know is what I feel, baby
What I feel I can't conceal
You hold the key

Feelings come and feelings go
In a world where yes means yes and no
You hold the key

All I know is what I feel, baby
What I feel I can't conceal
You hold the key

Feelings come and feelings go
In a world where yes means yes and no
You hold the key to holding me

Oh, you hold the key to holding me
You hold the key, you hold the key
You hold the key, you hold the key

Lyrics provided by LyricsEver.com
Beth Nielsen Chapman (born on 11 September 1958 in Harlingen, Texas, USA) is an American singer-songwriter.

In 1976, Chapman played with a rock and pop group called "Harmony" in Montgomery, Alabama, effectively replacing Tommy Shaw who had just left to join Styx. She played acoustic guitar and piano as well as providing vocals for the group in a locally-popular bowling alley bar called Kegler's Kove and has returned to play in the area on an infrequent basis ever since.

Chapman has had several popular songs on the Adult-Contemporary charts in the 1990's, such as "I Keep Coming Back To You", "Walk My Way", "The Moment You Were Mine" and "All I Have". In 1993, she sang a popular duet with Paul Carrack, "In The Time It Takes". In early 2010 Chapman's "Back To Love" album was #1 on the UK itunes country charts.

Co-songwriter of Faith Hill's hit song, "This Kiss", many other singers have interpreted her songs: Trisha Yearwood ("Down On My Knees"), Martina McBride ("Happy Girl"), Willie Nelson (“Nothing I Can Do About it Now”), Tanya Tucker (“Strong Enough to Bend”), Lorrie Morgan (“Five Minutes”), Mary Chapin Carpenter (“Almost Home”), Bette Midler ("The Color of Roses") and others.

Bonnie Raitt has sung background vocals on several songs, including "Shake My Soul".

Chapman's husband Ernest Chapman died of cancer in 1994. In 2000, Beth experienced her own battle with breast cancer. The song "Sand And Water" was written after Ernest's death; Elton John performed this song during his 1997 World Tour.

Discography

* Hearing It First (1980)
* Beth Nielsen Chapman (1990)
* You Hold the Key (1993)
* Sand and Water (1997)
* Greatest Hits (1999)
* Deeper Still (2002)
* Hymns (2004)
* Look (2005)
* Prism (2007)
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

View All

Beth Nielsen Chapman