Hold On

<br>They hung a sign up in out town<br>"if you live it up, you won`t<br>live it down"<br>So, she left Monte Rio, son<br>Just like a bullet leaves a gun<br>With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips<br>She went and took that California trip<br>Well, the moon was gold, her<br>Hair like wind<br>She said don`t look back just<br>Come on Jim<br>(Chorus)<br>Oh you got to <br>Hold on, Hold on<br>You got to hold on<br>Take my hand, I`m standing right here<br>You gotta hold on<br><br>Well, he gave her a dimestore watch<br>And a ring made from a spoon<br>Everyone is looking for someone to blame<br>But you share my bed, you share my name<br>Well, go ahead and call the cops<br>You don`t meet nice girls in coffee shops<br>She said baby, I still love you<br>Sometimes there`s nothin left to do<br><br>Oh you got to <br>Hold on, hold on<br>You got to hold on<br>Take my hand, I`m standing right here, you got to<br>Just hold on.<br><br><br>Well, God bless your crooked little heart St. Louis got the best of me<br>I miss your broken-china voice<br>How I wish you were still here with me<br><br>Well, you build it up, you wreck it down<br>You burn your mansion to the ground<br>When there`s nothing left to keep you here, when<br>You`re falling behind in this<br>Big blue world<br><br>Oh you go to<br>Hold on, hold on<br>You got to hold on<br>Take my hand, I`m standing right here<br>You got to hold on<br><br>Down by the Riverside motel,<br>It`s 10 below and falling<br>By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes<br>And started swaying <br>But it`s so hard to dance that way<br>When it`s cold and there`s no music<br>Well your old hometown is so far away<br>But, inside your head there`s a record<br>That`s playing, a song called<br><br>Hold on, hold on<br>You really got to hold on<br>Take my hand, I`m standing right here<br>And just hold on