I saw him on a Friday outside some run down saloon He was cryin' over someone that he felt left much too soon I said, hey boy don't you cry tonight let me take you out on this town He looked at me and smiled as one last tear splashed off the ground With half a wink he asked me what are you some kind of freak I told him no, I guess I just feel your vibe is kinda deep The moon hung over Soho And I counted 16 stars I pointed at the brightest one and said now that one's ours refrén: He's a dandelion, up on a cliff above the sea He's not exactly everything I thought that he might be He's a dandelion He looks like everything I need I thought he was a flower But I found out he's a weed And I hold on, hold on, hold on hold on, hold on, hold on He just might be poison But I took him to my roof top I said are you afraid of heights, He said no I am not I said hey boy don't you lie to me, tell me everything you feel We danced around in circles, He said I think we found something real refrén And I hold on, hold on, hold on hold on, hold on, hold on Down in Union Square I saw him walking all alone I walked a little slower just so I'd remain unknown He met someone on Seventeenth and he knew her all too well My little piece of heaven has a secret he won't tell With half a smile he took her hand and then they walked away I realized I wouldn't see my boy after today Fell in love with a dandelion And he's all I ever had At first he looked so sweet But in the end he tastes so bad And I hold on hold on hold on Hold on hold on hold on (2x)