| They hung a sign up in our town
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| «If you live it up, you won’t live it down»
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| So she left Monte Rio, son
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| Just like a bullet leaves a gun
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| With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
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| She went and took that California trip
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| Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
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| Said, 'Don't look back, just come on, Jim'
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| Oh, you got to hold on, hold on You gotta hold on Take my hand, I’m standing right here
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| You gotta hold on Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
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| And a ring made from a spoon
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| Everyone’s looking for someone to blame
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| When you share my bed, you share my name
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| Well, go ahead and call the cops
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| You don’t meet nice girls in coffee shops
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| She said, 'Baby, I still love you'
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| Sometimes there’s nothin' left to do Oh, you got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I’m standing right here
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| You gotta hold on Well, God bless your crooked little heart
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| St. Louis got the best of me
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| I miss your broken China voice
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| How I wish you were still here with me Oh, you build it up, you wreck it down
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| Then you burn your mansion to the ground
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| Oh, there’s nothing left to keep you here
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| But when you’re falling behind in this big blue world
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| Oh, you’ve got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I’m standing right here
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| You gotta hold on Down by the Riverside motel
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| It’s 10 below and falling
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| By a 99 cent store
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| She closed her eyes and started swaying
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| But it’s so hard to dance that way
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| When it’s cold and there’s no music
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| Oh, your old hometown’s so far away
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| But inside your head there’s a record that’s playing
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| A song called 'Hold On', hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I’m standing right there
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| You gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I’m standing right there
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| You gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I’m standing right here
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| You gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I’m standing right here
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| You gotta hold on You gotta hold on You gotta hold on You gotta hold on You gotta hold on You gotta hold on, baby
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| You gotta hold on, girl
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| You gotta hold on You gotta hold on |