Tom Waits

Lyrics Hold on Tom Waits

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Hold on


They hung a sign up in out 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 charcoal eyes and 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
(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 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 got to
Just 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 go 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's 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'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.

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The lyrics HOLD ON of TOM WAITS is also present in the album Mule variations (1999)

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Biografia

Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits on December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor widely considered one of the most influential artists in contemporary music. Known for his gravelly, inimitable voice, theatrical performances, and songs characterized by dark and surreal atmospheres, Waits has traversed various musical phases, from blues to jazz, through experimental rock and avant-garde. His musical career began in the 1960s with the formation of groups like The Tom Waits Band and later as a solo artist. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he achieved growing success thanks to albums such as "Closing Time" (1973), "Heartattack and Vine" (1981) and "Rain Dogs" (1985). In subsequent years, Waits also dedicated himself to acting, appearing in films by directors like Wim Wenders and Francis Ford Coppola. Among his most representative songs are "Tom Traubert's Blues", "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You", "Hold On" and "Martha”. Waits has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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