Hold Back the Dawn

(Robbie Robertson)

The sun was going down over Echo Park
Wet raven hair glowing in the dark
And that’s when the fever would rise
And lord what a look in her eyes
From the moment that she blows out the light
We’d be lost in the forever night
Hold back the dawn, Hold back the dawn
Won’t you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
I dreamt if I could lay you upon this bed of straw
And we may break the rules but we don’t break the law
Come across but the river’s too wide I come across but the river’s too high And over by the fountain where we meet I will lay silver roses at your feet Hold back the dawn, Hold back the dawn
Won’t you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
Now I have seen a painting old and hanging in a frame
And that painting was of you now how can you explain
From another place in time done many years ago
Why I’m haunted by this vision guess we’ll never know
And then she turned and whispered in my ear
“Can you feel my heart beat?”
Hold back the dawn, Hold back the dawn
Won’t you raise up your hand

And hold back the dawn
Come on let the night go on, let the night og on, the night Won’t you raise, won’t you raise up
Won’t you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
Hold back the dawn
Won’t you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn
Let the night go on go on ohh
Yeah yeahh yeahh
Yeah yeah yeah yeahh
Come on come on
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ohh ohhh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Thought someone was moving with a savage grace Got that rain all over her face
She was movin to the pagan beat
Throught the dust and though the heat
Ohh ohhh
Let the night go on come on