[Verse 1] If you can keep your head When all about you Are losing theirs And blaming it on you If you can trust yourself When all men doubt you But make allowance For their doubting too [Pre-Chorus] If you can wait And not be tired by waiting Or being lied about Don’t deal in lies Or being hated Don’t give way to hating And yet don’t look too good Nor talk too wise [Chorus] Hold on Hold on Hold on, my son Hold on Hold on When the minute comes undone [Verse 2] If you can dream And not make dreams your master If you can think And not make thoughts your aim If you can meet with Triumph And Disaster And treat those two impostors Just the same [Pre-Chorus] If you can bear To hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves To make a trap for fools Or watch the things You gave your life to, broken And stoop and build ’em up With worn-out tools [Chorus] Hold on Hold on Hold on, my son Hold on Hold on When the minute comes undone [Bridge] If you can make one heap Of all your winnings And risk it on one turn Of pitch-and-toss And lose, and start again At your beginnings And never breathe a word About your loss [Final Chorus] Hold on Hold on Hold on, my son Hold on Hold on When the minute comes undone If you can talk with crowds And keep your virtue Or walk with Kings Nor lose the common touch If neither foes Nor loving friends can hurt you If all men count with you But none too much Hold on Hold on Hold on, my son Hold on Hold on Fill the unforgiving minute Yours is the Earth And everything that’s in it And which is more You’ll be a Man, my son
