(jan buckingham/linda young)

come, let me hold you for a while
all you have to do is smile
& i´m yours again
i may not like some things you do
but they´re all a part of you
& you´re my best friend

chorus:
i don´t mind the cold when i have a fire to warm me
i don´t mind the rain ´cause it makes the flowers grow
i can take the bad times when you wrap your love around me
i don´t mind the thorns when you´re the rose

stay, we can work the whole thing out
that´s what love´s about
& i understand
you didn´t mean the things you said
they´re so easy to forget
when you take my hand

(chorus)

if it was anybody else, i would be gone
but you´re so beautiful to me, oh that i keep on holding on

(chorus, then repeat its last line)