They hun g a sign up in our town
"if you live it up, you wo n't live it down"
So, she left Monte Rio, sun
Just lik e a bullet leaves a gun
With ch arcoal eyes and Mon roe hips
She wen t and took that Cal ifornia trip
Well, t he moon was gold, her H air like wind
She sai d don't look back just Come on Jim
Oh yo u got to
Hold on, Ho ld on
You got to hold on
Take my hand, I'm sta nding right here
You gotta h old on
Well, he gave her a dimest ore watch
And a ri ng made from a spo on
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
But you share my bed, you share my name
Well, g o ahead and call th e cops
You don 't meet nice girls in coffee shops
She sai d baby, I still love yo u
Sometim es there's nothin left to do
Oh yo u got to
Hold on, Ho ld on
You got to hold on
Take my hand, I'm sta nding right here
You gotta h old on
Well, Go d bless your crook ed little heart
St. Loui s got the best of me
I miss y our broken-china voice
How I wi sh you were still here with me
Well, y ou build it up, you wreck it down
You bur n your mansion to t he ground
When th ere's nothing left to k eep you here, when
You're falling behind in this big blue world
Oh yo u got to
Hold on, Ho ld on
You got to hold on
Take my hand, I'm sta nding right here
You gotta h old on
Down by the Riverside mote l,
It's 10 below and falling
By a nin ety-nine cent st ore
she clos ed her eyes and s tarted swaying
But it' s so hard to dance that way
When it 's cold and there's no music
Well yo ur old hometown is so f ar away
But, in side your head there's a record
Playing, a song called
Hold on, ho ld on
You really got to hold on
Take my hand, I'm sta nding right here
And just ho ld on
(x4)
You got to hold on...
