When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going

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Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean (born Leslie Charles; 21 January 1950 in Fyzabad, Trinidad) is a British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. After scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, "Caribbean Queen". more »


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2001
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When the going gets tough, The tought Get goin,
I got something to tell you
I got something to say
I'm gonna put this dream in motion
Never let nothing stand in my way
I'm gonna get myself 'cross the river
That's the price I'm willing to pay
I'm gonna make you stand and deliver
And give me love in the old-fashion way,
Woooh
Darlin', I'll climb any mountain,
Darlin', I'll do anything
Ooh, can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do.
Ooh, want to hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you, oooh
When the going gets tough The tough get going
When the going gets rough The tough get rough
Yeah, yeah, yeah,ye-ah
I'm gonna buy me a one-way ticket
Nothin's gonna hold me back
Your love's like a slow train coming (slow train coming)
And I feel it coming down the track,
Woooh
Darlin', I'll climb any mountain

Darlin', I'll do anything
Ooh (ooh) can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do
Ooh, (ooh) want to hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you (ooh)
'Cause when the going gets tough The tough get going
When the going gets rough, The tough get rough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Darlin', I'll swim any sea
Darlin', I'll reach for the heaven
Darlin', with you lovin' me
Oooh (oooh)
Oooh, can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do (can I touch you)
Oooh, want to hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you
When the going gets tough, (Going gets tough)
Going gets rough, (Going gets rough)
Going gets tough, (Going gets tough)
Going gets rough, (Going gets rough

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Written by: BARRY JAMES EASTMOND, BILLY OCEAN, ROBERT JOHN LANGE, WAYNE ANTON BRATHWAITE

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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