Hold On Lyrics

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 the charcoal eyes and the Monroe hips
She went and took that California trip
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
She said don't look back just
Come on, Jim

(chorus)
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 dime store watch
And a ring made from a spoon
Everybody 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 got to 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

Oh, you build it up, you wreck it down
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
Sometimes 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 got to hold on

Down by the Riverside Motel,
It is 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 there's no music
Well your old hometown is so far away
But, inside your head there's a record that plays 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