I would like the name of the song and lyrics which contain the words
"I want to hold you until I die, until we both break down and cry. I
want to hold you until the fear in me subsides..."

Hi there,

The song is titled "Sometimes when we touch", written by written by
Dan Hill and Barry Mann, originally performed by Dan Hill in 1977. It
was a hit single, which has since been covered by Rod Stewart, Barry
Manilow, and Olivia Newton-John.

Lyrics at RealLyrics.com:
http://www.reallyrics.com/lyrics/R000100180011.asp

Lyrics at Koleksi Lirik:
http://lawnosta.freeservers.com/lirik/Rod_Stewart/sometimes_when_we_touch.html

Lyrics at PopCultureMadness:
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/SometimesTouch.html

Lyrics at Sing365:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SongUnid/784287617B588A4F48256A960034FD6F

Rod Stewart's album which includes his version, at Yahoo Music:
http://uk.music.yahoo.com/albums/1/0/1/1015378.html

Dan Hill biography at the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia:
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesH/hill.html

What a heart-felt, lovely classic song it is!

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

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Clarification of Answer by robertskelton-ga on 29 Jul 2002 14:50 PDT

ooooops!

My search strategy was:

"until the fear in me subsides"
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22until+the+fear+in+me+subsides%22

"rod stewart" "sometimes when we touch"
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22rod+stewart%22+%22sometimes+when+we+touch%22

"dan hill" "sometimes when we touch"
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22dan+hill%22+%22sometimes+when+we+touch%22

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FAST RESPONSE AND WONDERFUL RESULTS,
INCLUDING ALL THE LINKS.  I WILL CHECK THEM ALL OUT.  HELEN