Tori+Tenacious

=**Holding on to Those I Cherish**=

By Victoria Noreen
Although love in uncontrollable, just experiencing it is enough. It’s the best feeling in the world, even the worse at times, but it’s still love. Whether love is in your family or with a special someone, everybody needs a little love. We cannot change love only enjoy it. Being loved is unconditional and a philosophy I live by. Everybody needs a little loving.

 Time sure goes by fast,  Never looked back,  Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts,  A place in the clouds  Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.  Afraid of fallin'  But that’s just how the story unfolds.   What would you wish for if you had one chance?  We've got nothing figured out,  It's not always rainbows and butterflies.  Why oh why must it be this way?  Then, you took me by surprise.   Here comes the sun  Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> You can come anytime you want. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I got places to go. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I see my vision very clear, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> You got me runnin’ baby <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> So I travel back, down that road. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Cause I do know if I take that chance just where it is gonna lead. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Where there are friends, there is wealth. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> The smiles returning to the faces <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Know all the things that make you who you are. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I’m not the average girl. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I learned to love, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Unconditionally. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> And he will be loved. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be? <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> All of us took the same chance. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Hope laid upon hope, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I want more. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> People think I'm a silly fool <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> We’re spinning with the stars above. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Deep in my heart <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Your bringing out the Elvis in me. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I don't mind spending everyday, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> It’s all right. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Time is precious <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> While we wait head in hands <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> In prayer <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Thankful he's alive

<span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> He was always there to help her. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Out on my corner in the pouring rain. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> She rushes out to hold him, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> And begs him to catch her every time. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Never leave me alone. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> You are the best thing that's ever been mine. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> You saw me start to believe for the first time, <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Loving you is cherry pie. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> You’re my kinda lover. To find a dream and a life of their own. A young girl’s dream no longer hollow. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> The whole world just fades away <span style="font-family: "Gisha","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">

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