Standard (EADGBE)

I was swinging on the swings when I was a little girl

Trying to get a handle on the big, wide world

When I noticed all the grass in the cracks in the concrete

I said, "Where there's a will, there's a way around anything"

Life holds on

Given the slightest chance

For the weak and the strong

Life holds on

There was a third grade boy that we knew in school

He was found face down in a swimming pool

And as they worked on that kid every minute was an hour

And when his eyes fluttered open we could feel that power

Life holds on

Given the slightest chance

For the week and the strong

Life holds on life hold on life hold on

Sirens screaming down my street

Fading as they go

Whining somewhere far away

To someone I don't know

Still, I say a little prayer

There's always hope

Life holds on

Through the window in the kitchen I can see outside

My kids taking turns coming down the slide

I try not to worry as they grow a little every day

I've just got believe they're gonna find their way

Life holds on

Given the slightest chance

For the week and the strong

Life holds on life hold on life hold on life holds on

>From Beth Nielsen Chapman

WEA/Warner/Reprise CD 26172 1990

Personnel: Beth Nielsen Chapman (vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar)

Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar)

David Grissom, Mitchell Watkins (acoustic & electric guitars)

Bill Hinds, Bill Lloyd, Michael Landau (guitar)

Dean Parks, John Themis, "Sherman Oaks Slim", John Willis (guitar)

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (steel guitar)

Mark Casstevens (mandolin, acoustic guitar)

Bruce Dukov, Joel Derouin (violin);

Bobby Taylor (oboe); John Jarvis, Randy Kerber, Matt Rollings (piano)

David Collard (keyboards)

Phil Naish, Larry Steelman, Judd Miller (synthesizer)

Michael Rhodes, Leland Sklar, Paul Powell (bass)

Craig Nelson, Edgar Meyer, Dee Murray (bass)

Roscoe Beck (bass, background vocals)

Paul Leim, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)

T. Nick Charles (triangle)

Tom Roady, Lenny Castro, Danny Cummings, Paulinho Da Costa

(percussion)

David Austin (drum programming)

Arnold McCuller, Bill Champlin, Tommy Funderburk (background vocals)

Producers: C. Rosco Beck, D. Austin, J. Norman.