The Great Gatsby - Better Hold Tight Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Great Gatsby the Musical - Better Hold Tight Lyrics

The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen. Performed by Noah J Ricketts & Samantha Pauly.

NICK:
Could it be 1917?
Have we stepped inside a time machine?

JORDAN:
Something out of hg wells?
Or another one of gatsby’s spells?

NICK:
I think I see stars aligning

JORDAN:
Or my standards are declining

NICK:
You’re learning to spot what you need
When to follow and when to-

(Nick tries to twirl Jordan, but she beats him to it.)

JORDAN:
Keep following!

NICK:
Oh holding you is like clinging to a cloud

JORDAN: (spoken)
Watch it.

NICK:
I have to hold tight, or you might fly away

JORDAN:
You know,
I can’t help that I rise above the crowd

NICK:
And I wouldn’t want it any other way

JORDAN:
So you better hold tight or I might fly away

Never thought you were my style
Go on keep me dizzy for awhile

NICK:
Maybe it’s the uniform

JORDAN:
Maybe it’s the dress I’ve never worn

BOTH:
You just might be my undoing
I admit there’s something brewing
What we do might be taboo
But I like that look on you
Oh never thought I’d hold starlight in my hands

JORDAN:
You better hold tight, or I might fly away

NICK:
You might fly away
You know,
I could never afford a second chance

JORDAN: (spoken)
That’s true.

NICK:
Better make my advance
Before the last dance starts to play
You better hold tight

JORDAN:
You better hold tight

JORDAN & NICK
We better hold tight
Before this flies away

NICK: (spoken)
I kinda like that dress.

JORDAN: (spoken)
Don’t get used to it!

JORDAN & NICK:
Flies away

The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Roaring On
Absolute Rose
New Money
For Her
Valley of Ashes
Second-Hand Suit
For Better or Worse
The Met
Only Tea
My Green Light
Shady
Better Hold Tight
Past Is Catching Up to Me
La Dee Dah With You
Go
Made to Last
One-Way Road
God Sees Everything
For Her (Reprise)
New Money (Reprise)
Beautiful Little Fool
Finale: Roaring On