HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU GOT
(Joe Tex)

Joe Tex - 1964


You had better hold on, hold on to what you got.
You had better hold on, hold on to what you got,
'Cause if you think nobody wants it,
Just throw it away and you will see,
Someone will have it before you can count --
One, Two, Three.

Yes, they will.
Yes, they will. 

Listen, fellas --
 
You know it's not all the time 
That a man can have a good woman,
A woman that he can call his very own,
A woman who will stay right there at home 
And mind the children while he's gone to work,
A woman who will have his dinner cooked when he comes home.

Where some men make mistakes 
Is when they go out and stay,
Because they feel that no other man wants his woman but him.

But listen! 

If you think no other man wants her
Just throw her away and you will see,
Some man will have her before you can count --
One, Two, Three.

Yes, they will.
Yes, he will. 

Heh heh, listen girls, this goes for you too --

Because you know i've seen so many women 
Who've had so many good men in life,
Men who would stand by 'em through thick and thin, 
Men who would go to work every day
And bring home their hard-earned pay,
Men who would give their women
Anything that their little heart desire.

Where some women make mistakes 
Is when their men go out and let 'em play, 
They would stay,
Because they felt that no other women wanted him but her. 
 
Listen! 

If you think that no other woman wants him
Just pitch him out in the streets and you will see,
Some woman will have your man before you can count --
One, Two, Three.

Yes, she will. 
Yes, she will.