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Hold On (Tom Waits)

from Sturdy Little Men by The Admiral's Boy

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Hold On
Tom Waits

1
They hung a sign up in our town, if you live it up your won't live it down,
So she left montereo son, just like a bullet leaves a gun,
With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips, she went and took that California trip,
The moon was gold and here hair like wind, she said don't look back you just come on Jim,
You've got to hold on, hold on, yeah baby, you've got to hold on,
Take my hand I'm standing right here you've got to hold on.

2
He gave here a dime store watch, and a ring made from a spoon,
Everybody's looking for someone to blame, you share my bed your 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, but sometimes there is nothing left to do, but
You've got to hold on, hold on, yeah baby, you've got to hold on,
Take my hand I'm standing right here, you've got to hold on.

3
God bless your crooked little heart, St Louis got the best of me,
I miss your broken china voice, I wish you were still here with me,
You build it up you break it down, you burn your mansions to the ground,
When there's nothing left to keep you here, when you're falling behind in this big blue world,
You've got to hold on, hold on, yeah baby you've got to hold on,
Take my hand I'm standing right here, you've got to hold on.

4
Down by the riverside motel, it's ten below and falling,
By a ninety nine 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,
When your old home town seems so far away, but inside your head a records is playing a song called,
Hold on, Hold on, yeah baby, you've got to hold on,
Take my hand I'm standing right here, you've got to hold on.

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from Sturdy Little Men, released October 31, 2013

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