I Just Can't Let Go

Nancy Simmonds

Crossed the flatlands, crossed the hills
Crossed the mountains that rose in the sea
Faced the winds of Singapore
And that boy is all I see

I wanna board a night plane
So I can hold him close again, oh

I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go
I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go

Left the city of my learning
And cast my dreams in the street
I left the old to find the new
And that boy is all I see

I can almost feel his face
Touch his lips, oh, I can taste him, oh

I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go
I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go

I'm a stranger to this land
I'm a stranger to the salty sea
I left it all except that boy
Now he says he loves me

I stand before the blue Pacific
I brought my spirit here to free
I crossed the Rockies to the South
And that boy is all I see

I'd cross the country on a train
Just to lie with him again

I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go
I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go

I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go
I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go
I try and I try, you know
I just can't let go

Rosemary Butler