Tom Waits Lyrics
"Hold On"

They hung a sign up in our town
If you live it up, you won't live it down
So, she left Monte Rio, son
Just like a bullet leaves a gun

With charcoal eyes and monroe hips
She went and took that california trip
Well, the moon was gold and her hair like wind
She said dont look back just come on jim

Oh you got to
Hold on, hold on
You got to hold on
Take my hand
I'm standing right here
You gotta hold on

Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
And a ring made from a spoon
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
But you share my bed, you share my name

Well, go ahead and call the cops
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
She said baby, I still love you
Sometimes theres nothin left to do

Oh you got to
Hold on, hold on
You got to hold on
Take my hand
I'm standing right here
You gotta hold on

Well, God bless your crooked little heart
St. Louis got the best of me
I miss your broken china voice
How I wish you were still here with me

Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here
When you're falling behind in this big blue world

Oh you got to
Hold on, hold on
You got to hold on
Take my hand
I'm standing right here
You gotta hold on

Down by the riverside motel
it's 10 below and falling
By a 99 cent store
she closed her eyes and started swaying

But it's so hard to dance that way
When it's cold and theres no music
Well your old hometown is so far away
But, inside your head theres a record
That's playing, a song called

Hold on, hold on
You really got to hold on
Take my hand,
I'm standing right here
And just hold on