"Hang On" is the first song on the fourth Smash Mouth album Get the Picture?. It was used during the end credits of the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat. The music video of the song was designed specifically for the film and also featured the film’s star, Mike Myers.
Personnel[]
- Steve Harwell - lead vocals
- Paul De Lisle - bass, backing vocals
- Greg Camp - guitars, backing vocals
- Michael Urbano - drums, percussion
Lyrics[]
Things are getting weird, things are getting tough,
Nothings making sense but you keep on looking up
They'll tell you to be true, they'll try it everyday
To keep it on the real still you got to find a way
So make your mamma happy, to make your pappa proud
You'll wanna turn it up and all you hear is turn it down
Bridge:
So gather round I'm here to say
They'll never make everybody's day
But while you're around you might as well, catch the tiger by it's tail
Chorus:
And hang on hang on hang on
Everybody just get on get on get on
Get started and go on go on go on
Everybody just hold on
Sometimes I wanna cry, and throw the towel in
They try to beat me down but i'll take it on the chin
and everywhere i go the people all the same
and they just wanna know that everything will be okay
when things are getting rough you'll turn it back around
you gotta turn it up when they tell you turn it down.
(Bridge)
And hang on hang on hang on
Everybody just get on get on get on
Get started and go on go on go on
Everybody just hold on
Just hang on
(Bridge)
(Chorus X2)