I have my reasons, and they wonder why
So there's a few tears, and sometimes I cry
I ain't no different than any other girl
My man is the same as every man in this world
Yet I'm not alone
And I'm gonna hold on to what I've got (hold on)
Ahhh, to what I've got

Now he's so sweet and he's so kind
The gentlest man a girl could ever find
Like everyone else, we fuss and fight
But there's nothing like making love through the night
(Make it right through the night)
I love him so
And everyone should know I wanna hold on (hold on)
Girl, Claudine's gonna hold on (hold on)
Ah

He's looking out the side of his eye
Every girl that passes him by
Girl, hold on (hold it, hold it)

You're asking too much
Allow him to look so long as he doesn't touch
'Cause you're no different than any other girl
Your man is the same as every man in this world
A man you don't destroy (don't destroy)
But he's not a boy (he's not a boy)
So girl, hold on (hold on)
I wanna hold on, hold on, hold on, uh-huh (hold on)

A precious love, I must imply
Cannot be kept from guy to guy
Girl, hold on (hold him, hold him, hold him)
Girl, hold on
Uh-huh, heh, yeah

Like everyone else, we fuss and fight
But there's nothing like making love through the night
(Make it right through the night)
I love him so
And everyone oughta know I wanna hold on (hold on)
Girl, Claudine, you better hold on (hold on)
Ah, ah, ah

A precious love, I must imply
Cannot be kept from guy to guy
Girl, hold on (hold him, hold him, hold him)

You're asking too much
Allow him to look so long as he doesn't touch
'Cause you're no different than any other girl
Your man is the same as every man in this world
A man you don't destroy (don't destroy)
He's not a boy (he's not a boy)
Girl, hold on (hold on)
Claudine, girl, you better hold on (hold on)

If you want to try real hard to keep it, keep it
You've got to open your eyes
Your eyes are sleeping, sleeping
You've got to hold on (hold on)
Girl, you better hold on (you've got to hold on)
Uh, uh

If you want to try real hard to keep it, keep it
You've got to open your eyes
Your eyes are sleeping, sleeping
You've got to hold on (hold on)
Claudine, you better hold on (you've got to hold on)
Oh, oh, oh
If you want to try real hard to keep it, keep it
You've got to open your eyes
Your eyes are sleeping, sleeping