"I don't know you Don't owe you" Those the words we're all so used to We get fed up, get het up But forget to protect those most we love My girl, she says to me So sweet and tenderly "We fell in this together Hoping we'd never severe I've got my man, and what's more We find the pearls we look for You need to do what makes you happy" "And I will never hold you back I will never hold you back I will never hold you back But promise me you've got my back When I need you" I get distant, so absent Drift off in the crucial moments She's patient, such a godsend Keeps low when I get too hellbent And so I say to she Apologetically "The road is lonely if I Don't get to give a little back I keep a space between our Love and the places greener Where I can watch what makes you happy" "And I will never hold you back I will never hold you back I will never hold you back But promise me you've got my back When I need you When I need you" I will never hold you back I will never hold you back I will never hold you back But promise me you've got my back I will never hold you back I will never hold you back I will never hold you back But promise me you've got my back My girl she's there for me So sweet and tenderly I'll do my best to hold on to her