Madonna - Keep It Together Lyrics






Keep, keep it together
Keep people together forever and ever

I got brothers, I got some sisters too
Stuck in the middle tell you what I'm gonna do
Gonna get out of here, I'm gonna leave this place
So I can forget every single hungry face
I'm tired of sharing all the hand me downs
To get attention I must always be the clown
I wanna be different, I wanna be on my own
But Daddy said listen, you will always have a home

[Chorus:]

Keep it together in the family
They're a reminder of your history
Brothers and sisters they hold the key
To your heart and your soul
Don't forget that your family is gold

I hit the big time but I still get the blues
Everyone's a stranger, city life can get to you
People can be so cold, never want to turn your back
Just givin' to get something
Always wanting something back
When I get lonely and I need to be
Loved for who I am, not what they want to see
Brothers and sisters, they've always been there for me
We have a connection, home is where the heart should be

[chorus]

[Intermediate:]

When I look back on all the misery
And all the heartache that they brought to me
I wouldn't change it for another chance
'Cause blood is thicker than any other circumstance

When I get lonely and I need to be
Loved for who I am, not what they want to see
Brothers and sisters, they've always been there for me
We have a connection, home is where the heart should be

[intermediate]
[chorus]

Keep, keep it together
Keep people together forever and ever
[repeat and fade]





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  1. E.... R....

    Love this 💚

  2. W.... L....

    Sounds very George Michaelish

  3. b.... c....

    This song is strictly about FAMILY and if you can't relate to it something is definitely wrong. No matter what you have or what you're doing in this Life. FAMILY IS ALL YOU HAVE. LOVE YOUR FAMILY AND EMBRACE THEM

  4. 2.... ....

    Okay, this is a certified bop.

  5. B.... 1....

    Like a prayer album is a classic

  6. I.... L....

    I allways used to spell Maddona instead Madonna, when i see video on MTV

  7. J.... H....

    2020 still amazing album Like a prayer

    J.... H....

    Ummm bitch it’s still 2019

    J.... H....

    @Tainted Life 😂😂😂

  8. G.... C....

    Very underrated Madonna song. Always loved this. A small piece of my teenage years. Family is all you got sometimes.

  9. A.... W....

    One of my favorites from the Like a prayer album!! Its July 2019 this is still 🔥🔥HOT Throwback!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Queen of Pop

  10. A.... A....

    Folks that's Prince on the guitar and Madonna on vocals. It doesn't get better than this!

  11. M.... ....

    I wanna be different I wanna be on my own....

  12. R.... S....

    This song used to make me cry sometimes about how strong family is and should be in good times, getting on your nerves, bad times and they stuck together😍

    R.... S....

    It's making me cry right now 😢😍

  13. R.... S....

    This was my jam and the remix with the heavy bass!!

  14. A.... ....

    Enjoyed the go-go style of this song back in the day. This song never aged.

  15. C.... K....

    粵語由軟硬天師和王菲主唱!

  16. F.... P....

    Yeay like a prayer album is 30 years old

  17. M.... R....

    Boa demais!!!!! Amo muito!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

  18. Q.... I....

    THIS WAS THE JAM BACK IN THE DAY. HELLUVA GROOVE THIS SONG HAD.

  19. B.... P....

    One of her best songs imo even though it didn't get much attention

  20. E.... P....

    Um dos álbuns mais respeitados da história! 👑

  21. C.... L....

    BIG BAD TUNE

  22. J.... M....

    I was always an introvert until this song <3

  23. m.... d....

    like this song. Underrated

  24. M.... R....

    YES !!my highway Jam!!!....

  25. C.... ....

    A+!! Amazing and very under-rated!! Need to be a bigger single!! Such a deep cut!..

  26. T.... S....

    When I get lonely, my brothers and sisters have always been there for me because blood is thicker than any circumstance. Family is important. And though I have lost two brothers and two sisters, I know that they are still with me watching. This is Madonna's best. Crazy about this song in the 80s and still do. And is anybody listening to this song in 2018?

  27. C.... R....

    I love this song....

  28. J.... H....

    Family is gold.....

  29. m.... w....

    2018 july yehey!

  30. T.... P....

    Dang! I luv this jam! "Tom's Diner" by Suzzanne Vega brought me here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZTjFW2RYo - I would sometimes hear these two jams played "back 2 back" in the Hollywood Clubs.

  31. k.... m....

    Peace & Love!
    Sorry for this day of enmity.

  32. T.... L....

    ♥️♥️♥️

  33. R.... J....

    I love Madonna sance the 80s and still like her today and I think this is the best song she ever did I love her other songs I love this song the best 😁😂🙆

  34. j.... l....

    can you pls remind what was the movie that they used with this song as their soundtrack in that era..its like a teenager movie theme

  35. T.... ....

    Prince on guitar....

  36. C.... A....

    Buenísima la amo ..

  37. v.... b....

    This was my jam back in the day... I went through a Madonna/Truth or Dare phase. She alright. This reminds me of Truth or Dare where the film shows her dancer crying and then flipping his long hair back... At the end where she is performing this live.

  38. A.... E....

    Great song! 💙

  39. j.... w....

    Shes my sign

  40. j.... w....

    Tx mty separate look for the signs

  41. j.... w....

    The signs

  42. j.... w....

    Prove it for the prize only blues know codes. DNA important

  43. j.... w....

    I'm in the middle

  44. j.... w....

    DNA memories

  45. j.... w....

    Look for the signs Texas and Barcelona

  46. w.... ....

    Vogue was the fruit of Keep It Together via Rescue Me

  47. p.... C....

    queen of pop

  48. G.... ....

    I was LUCKY, I caught Madonna live in the beginning years and when she was a mega star. HER STAGE SHOW, was the GREATEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN PERSON. Now I did see the JACKSON 5, but never Micheal in person. But Madonna shows were fun, and a spectacle. And even more fun driving home from the concert playing her music in my car. SHE IS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE MEGA STARS. ENJOY HER WORK, and her music, because MUSIC IS JUST ABOUT GONE!

  49. T.... A....

    Prince wrote this song!!!

    T.... A....

    actually, it was written by madonna and stephen bray, prince wrote and produced "love song" with madge

    T.... A....

    Travis Ammons sorry but Madonna and Stephen wrote and produced this song. Madonna wrote the lyrics of this song.

    T.... A....

    Jose and Sinan are both correct. Prince did not write this song. Madonna and Stephen Bray both wrote this song. Prince played guitar in the track for Keep It Together, according to Madonna.

  50. s.... b....

    love this it is mand me 2 come out as gay

    s.... b....

    stephen bibb hi there

  51. s.... b....

    i love why it so hard from erotica

  52. 0.... ....

    This song makes me think of The Loud House!

    0.... ....

    03bgood That's a shock

  53. M.... R....

    Eu gosto dessa madonna!!!!!!!!!!!!! muito bom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. A.... S....

    Never liked this song.

    A.... S....

    Well.........TOO BAD!!!

    A.... S....

    @1bellemeade2 I'm just giving my honest opinion.

    A.... S....

    Yeah...it really wasn't one of her best...didn't much like it either first time around, but it grew on me...peace!

  55. b.... ....

    I've just searched for this video after watching Prince's _If I Was Your Girlfriend_,
    and now see comments claiming that he played guitar in this very song.
    Which is news to me.

    b.... ....

    beingsshepherd Lol, what is your profile picture?

  56. G.... S....

    Keep It Together was one of the Like A Prayer album 3 songs were Prince played guitar in 1988.
    Confirmed by Madonna to Songwriting magazine interview in 1989.

  57. A.... L....

    Keep it together forever an ever

  58. z.... m....

    esta fue una de mis primeras canciones e madonna k empece a escuchar de ahi hasta ahora sigue siendo mi favorita

  59. a.... s....

    I miss this song madonna top 10 song in 1990

  60. E.... L....

    Siempre será de mis favoritas, más con su performance en Blond Ambition ❤

  61. z.... m....

    I love this song ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  62. L.... P....

    amooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  63. S.... O....

    keeping it together

  64. M.... ....

    great song

  65. C.... T....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️this song

  66. M.... C....

    Sonidos agradables y hermosos de la época esa. Me encantan. Madonna te amoooo.

  67. G.... S....

    Also dedicated to the family, Keep It Together had the Sly Stone influence.
    It's a meditation on the brothers power.
    Produced by Steve Bray, is a robust & full of harmonies song.
    Featuring a domestic image of brothers and sisters jokingly, Madonna felt the need to restore ties that had become fragile and far.
    Isolated by fame and the failure  marriage with Sean Penn, Madonna was looking for stable family roots.

    G.... S....

    +Gina Sousa Branco I know it,but if Madonna sang just a dream it have been a great song And single,for me

    G.... S....

    @Madonna Music That's true

    G.... S....

    That's because my Prince had a hand in this song that's what your hearing he played on this and several other of her songs..... I'm betting he wrote this.

    G.... S....

    Don Won I think it's the best on the album lol aside from 'Like A Prayer' and 'Express Yourself'

  68. D.... M....

    love love love

  69. M.... ....

    love her 1989 like a prayer album such a clasaic everyone should have in their CD collection.

  70. P.... S....

    Very nice

  71. e.... w....

    very nice cool track,-)))

  72. D.... C....

    Entering the 90's 

  73. i.... b....

    cool        cool

  74. S.... H....

    Keep people together
    Forever and ever

  75. R.... P....

    luv this song

  76. M.... D....

    Christopher Ciccone.

  77. j.... b....

    this is real shit i grew up in a big family and this hits home love them all

    j.... b....

    What does the size of your family have to do with this? or anything?

    j.... b....

    Joey COCO He is black, so it is basically playing to the fact that whites will be depopulated soon enough.

    j.... b....

    Joey COCO Because she talks about her large family too. Duh!

  78. E.... C....

    I never realized when I listen to this, there is more than 1 Eddie Canedo. Well I only know one . Me=)

    hahaha Love this song-

  79. E.... C....

    I love this Song!

  80. j.... a....

    Pop it may be but absolutely the best to check out your high fi.I used to start my Saturday music sessions with this song in the early nineties.Thanks Maddy!

  81. V.... B....

    Hope Dracula won't come visiting!

  82. t.... k....

    I love this song.I am a japone.thank you up!!!!!

  83. t.... k....

    family is gold!!!!!



  84. p.... g....

    my all time favorite:)