Lyrics

Dignity and Pride


There?s things gone on before you filled my life you oughta know
I hope that when I?ve laid it bare you?ll stick with me, not go
I?ll need you more than ever with my chips spilt on the ground
And trust you?ll still be lovin? me, still be hangin? ?round

I need you hangin? ?round me
Need you by my side
Need you loving me like mad
For dignity and pride
I need you hangin? ?round me
Walking hand in hand
I need you list?ning in right now
Sure hope you?ll understand

My folks split up when I was young, my dad walked out the door
I stayed behind at home with mum, the eldest kid of four
Four mouths to feed, no money, and the farm dried up from drought
That?s when I started learning what this life is all about


I need you hanging ?round me
Need you by my side
Need you lovin? me like mad
For dignity and pride
I need you hanging ?round me
Walking hand in hand
I need you listenin? in right now
Sure hope you?ll understand


My mum would go to town each night, loose blouse and painted lips
Pour beer and chat to strangers, buy tomorrow with their tips
Some nights she got so busy that she never made it home
And on those nights she?d ring me softly cryin? on the phone

I need you hangin? ?round me
Need you by my side
Need you loving me like mad
For dignity and pride
I need you hangin? ?round me
Walkin? hand in hand
I need you listenin? in right now
Sure hope you?ll understand

I need you hangin? ?round me
Need you by my side
Need you loving me like mad
For dignity and pride



Need you loving me like mad
For dignity
And pride