facetious73

Thought I'd share a song...it's a good song...perhaps even considered great by some...

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 her charcoal eyes and her Monroe hips,
she went and took that California trip.
Well, the moon was gold, her hair like wind.
She said don't 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 there's 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.
You burn your mansion to the ground.
When 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 the 99 cent store
she closed her eyes and started swaying.
But it's so hard to dance that way,
when it's cold and there's no music.
Well your old hometown is so far away
but, inside your head there's 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.

"Hold On' by Tom Waits