| Lamont Dozier의 싱글 | ||||
| "New Breed Kinda Woman" (1973) | → | Trying to Hold on to My Woman (1973) | → | "Fish Ain't Bitin'" (1974) |
| Trying to Hold on to My Woman | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Out Here on My Own | |||
| 아티스트 | Lamont Dozier | |||
| B-Side | "We Don't Want Nobody to Come Between Us" | |||
| 발매일 | 1973년 11월 | |||
| 녹음 기간 | 1973년 | |||
| 장르 | 소울 | |||
| 재생 시간 | 5:55 (앨범 버전) 4:30 (싱글 버전) | |||
| 레이블 | ABC | |||
| 송라이터 | McKinley Jackson, James Reddick | |||
| 프로듀서 | McKinley Jackson | |||
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1. 개요
라몬트 도지어의 싱글이며 1973년 11월에 발매되었다.같은 해에 발매된 그의 데뷔 앨범 "Out Here on My Own"에도 수록되었다.
2. 오디오
| 싱글 버전 |
| 앨범 버전 |
3. 가사
| I'm just tryin' to hold on to my woman To my life I'm just tryin' to hold on to my woman To my life I've got a woman satisfies my every need She's got a formula guaranteed to please You know what, there was once a time When I ran the streets And tryin' to sweep all the girls Off their feet But that kind of kind It only destroys And that's why I have no desire To paint the town with the boys I stay home I just tryin', tryin' ta hold on, hold on To my... aah My woman, my life I just tryin', tryin' ta hold on, hold on To my... To my life I feel like I want to testify For all the wrong I've done She never once complained She stuck beside me All through the sunshine and rain And I don't gamble with her love That's something I couldn't stand to lose Her confidence in me I don't dare misuse If I get the urge to go She may not know where I'm goin' But I don't fear me That when I come in She knows where I been In my life she's first and she's last She's my future And I'm telling you all She's my past And for what she's given me I can never repay I can only hope (Only hope) Only hope (Only hope) That she let me (Let me) Let me (Let me) I said let me (Let me) Serve her for the rest of her days Always and always I'm just tryin' to hold on, hold on To my... To my home and my life love I'm just tryin' to hold on To my woman, my woman, woman, my life Some call me henpecked For giving my woman the proper respect But I don't care I don't mind if they tease me As long as my woman is pleasing me I'm just tryin' ta Tryin' ta, tryin' ta Tryin' ta Hold on To my... My woman my life I'm just tryin' to hold on, hold on To my... |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 4위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1974년 3월 넷째 주부터 다섯번째 주까지 2주 연속 15위를 기록했고 4주 연속 20위권에,[1] 9주 연속 40위권에,[2] 18주 연속 100위권에 머물러 있었다.[3]1974년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 87위에 올랐다.