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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim" Oh, you got to hold on, hold on You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand I'm standing right here, you gotta 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 Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here But when you're falling behind in this big blue world Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on 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 Oh, your old hometown's so far away But inside your head there's a record that's playing A song called "Hold On", hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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 You gotta hold on, girl You gotta hold on You gotta hold on
I love singing Tom Wait’s songs- not everyone knows these beautiful lyrics and I want to sing them as clearly as possible. But God bless Tom - when he dies, he will be St. Tom- of the broken, homeless, the lost and he will guide us all on a path to healing- after shooting us down the rabbit hole out of a cannon first of course though
This got me through a very dark time in my life when I was getting out of the service years ago. I lost my closet friend in nam as soon as we got over there.. Blown in half in my arms. Still see his face and hear his last words. I worked a number of years until Desert Storm. After all that even with the wife around, I didn't want to live, but I held on..
@@ronaldnoble9694Time to stop pretending that being emotionally brutalized and physically destroyed for the utterly superficial goals of nations isn't "service" but a sentence.
I was diagnosed with incurable kidney failure. Took my wife to a miracle church in New Mexico. She rubbed sacred dirt on my lower back. It went away. My renal doctor just looked at me with big eyes and said what happened. I said love. I’m not religious, but “hold on” are some essential words for loving my friends Love conquers all.
Mule album of 1999 contains some very basic tunes that should have been made by the early birds. Songs like Hold On, Cold Water, Get Behind The Mule, Chocolate Jesus seem to have their places in my music mind. Instead of being produced in, say mid 1960s, Tom has to produce them in 1999. Overall, it is a timeless album.
J'ai découvert cette chanson dans la série The Walking Dead la saison ou les acteurs se sont réfugiés dans une prison. Très belle chanson, j adore la voix du chanteur..🤗👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💖💟
My oldest son just passedJanuary 8th 2024 and I'm holding on trying to anyway. There is a whole big case behind this. We're waiting for evidence. It's been hard. I love him and miss him and his friends that passed with him.
"You made bookoo bucks dudes and I hope you know I am here to kill all of you. You won't be remembered not even Bob Dylan. I have a book in the bible. I think I might do okay or I already done good." ,dan' "Let me know when the book of Bob comes out and I doubt he would challenge me. I am older than him and younger." "Tom I am am your son sir. Feeling like a bastard holding on."
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim" Oh, you got to hold on, hold on You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand I'm standing right here, you gotta 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 Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here But when you're falling behind in this big blue world Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on 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 Oh, your old hometown's so far away But inside your head there's a record that's playing A song called "Hold On", hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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 You gotta hold on, girl You gotta hold on You gotta hold on
Source: "Holding On: A Conversation with Tom Waits". Newsweek: Karin Schoemer. March 23, 1999) - Tom Waits: I thought that was a good thing to say in a song. Hold on. We're all holding onto something. None of us want to come out of the ground. Weeds are holding on. Everything's holding on. I thought that was a real positive thing to say. It was an optimistic song. Take my hand, stand right here, hold on. We wrote that together, Kathleen and I, and that felt good. Two people who are in love writing a song like that about being in love. That was good." And, to be honest, I hear: 'Take my hand, stand right here, you gotta hold on'. I don't understand, why everywhere is: I'm standing right here
Yesterday, Silvester 23...24 send to many people around the world. Hold on... that's it... forever 🎶🤗🌎🫶 Peace for whole world and trust together ... please. ❤@@Neytiri...
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim" Oh, you got to hold on, hold on You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand I'm standing right here, you gotta 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 Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here But when you're falling behind in this big blue world Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on 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 Oh, your old hometown's so far away But inside your head there's a record that's playing A song called "Hold On", hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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 You gotta hold on, girl You gotta hold on You gotta hold on
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim" Oh, you got to hold on, hold on You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand I'm standing right here, you gotta 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 Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here But when you're falling behind in this big blue world Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on 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 Oh, your old hometown's so far away But inside your head there's a record that's playing A song called "Hold On", hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on You gotta hold on, hold on Babe, you gotta hold on And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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 You gotta hold on, girl You gotta hold on You gotta hold on
There are so few song writers left. This man is a genius and a bleeding heart. God bless you Tom.
When Beth started singing this in the prison, I was moved to tears. RIP Beth, Hersel, and Glen. YOU GOTTA HOLD ON, MAGGIE!
Me too!!
Yeah that show was pretty good for the first few seasons, then it went downhill.
Walking dead
dude my mind was blown..
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
She went and took that California trip
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"
Oh, you got to hold on, hold on
You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame
When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand
I'm standing right here, you gotta 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
Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
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
Oh, your old hometown's so far away
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
A song called "Hold On", hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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
You gotta hold on, girl
You gotta hold on
You gotta hold on
Songs like this are reason to live. Genius level artistry
Why?? Did it take an Eternity?? For this raw,honest, Genius to be recognised in The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame??
I love singing Tom Wait’s songs- not everyone knows these beautiful lyrics and I want to sing them as clearly as possible. But God bless Tom - when he dies, he will be St. Tom- of the broken, homeless, the lost and he will guide us all on a path to healing- after shooting us down the rabbit hole out of a cannon first of course though
The sweetness of the song is really exacerbated by the roughness of his voice, just beautiful
This got me through a very dark time in my life when I was getting out of the service years ago. I lost my closet friend in nam as soon as we got over there.. Blown in half in my arms. Still see his face and hear his last words. I worked a number of years until Desert Storm. After all that even with the wife around, I didn't want to live, but I held on..
God Bless you
Thank you for your service Sir. God bless you.
@@ronaldnoble9694Time to stop pretending that being emotionally brutalized and physically destroyed for the utterly superficial goals of nations isn't "service" but a sentence.
You are a hero greetings from the Netherlands Hold on
🤔😔🙄
I dedicate my appreciation of this song to my friend Erycka. Who I hope holds on.
i heard this song for the first time on the walking dead and it’s been one of my favorite songs since
I heard.
On the, walking dead too? love it is on my playlist
THIS SONG IS TRUE PLATINUM.
What a great composition. Brilliant.
My mam loved this artist rip mam 😥x
Dinlemekten asla vazgeçmediğim
.
My dad showed this, just amazing, really love it
I was diagnosed with incurable kidney failure. Took my wife to a miracle church in New Mexico. She rubbed sacred dirt on my lower back. It went away. My renal doctor just looked at me with big eyes and said what happened. I said love. I’m not religious, but “hold on” are some essential words for loving my friends Love conquers all.
a good writer paints pictures with his words. Tom Waits passes that test.
First heard this song on KPIG while driving in Santa Cruz. Touched my soul ...
Hooray for KPIG: what a music station should be!
Moved me to tears
As a song like this should.
Music has power.
Heard this at the end of death Valley film,brilliant.never heard it b4 but def will be listening to it lots now.,fab voice,xx
one of the best songs ever brought into existence
Clever lyrics to fit with the tune. Great work Tom Waits.
Thanks so much for the music/lyrics over all these years Tom. Greetings from Ontario Canada. ❤
You gave me yours without knowing and so many others. Thank you.
Grande tom....!!!!!
Wow. Incredible
💙
Hi Beth (R.I.P) (TWD)
You know what I was about to say that hhh❤
"Trust promotes trustworthy people. Worth don't make you worthy though."
,dan'
My fiancée for five years broke up with me two months ago. This was our song. I don't know why I torturing myself with this one.
Desde México 👏🏻
Yes!
Hold on....that for the whole world 🌎🫶 and trust together with your heart...all together... please. 🌎🎶🫂♥️
Vay Canına !
Mule album of 1999 contains some very basic tunes that should have been made by the early birds. Songs like Hold On, Cold Water, Get Behind The Mule, Chocolate Jesus seem to have their places in my music mind. Instead of being produced in, say mid 1960s, Tom has to produce them in 1999. Overall, it is a timeless album.
J'ai découvert cette chanson dans la série The Walking Dead la saison ou les acteurs se sont réfugiés dans une prison. Très belle chanson, j adore la voix du chanteur..🤗👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💖💟
rest in peace beth greene.
🖤🖤🖤
My oldest son just passedJanuary 8th 2024 and I'm holding on trying to anyway. There is a whole big case behind this. We're waiting for evidence. It's been hard. I love him and miss him and his friends that passed with him.
How is it going?
Brilla
"If you ever look back, may it only be in anger."
,dan' (it's better to be mad all the time than happy just once)
"Elevened and sevened, we sat there eating fishdicks and fancy ketchup."
,dan' (in the times of tang)
Damn right go get em
"I call myself better than you not because I am well but because you were sick."
,dan'
Is there any hope to grow trust with all these ashes?💓
What do you mean? The ashes of whom or what?
,dan' (💗) what's on your mind?
Where did you get this quotation from? I like it!
''Water isn't a spirit and is never neutral."
,dan'
Preaching the gospel right there
Çome to Montreal: We love you!
Hold on... all I have is a hand.
TWD
J'ai tourné le dos à l'océan, mais peu importe nous sommes attendus plus loin, plus tard...
"Go ahead'n call it tails, it never fails, tails never fails."
,dan'
Vim por The walking dead temp 3X11
"The last time I achieved something it was raining and I think it might have been a Tuesday."
,dan' (on today)
Love you Cody James Kirkbride
“Hello Tom, I hope you are having a good day today sir.” ,dan’
Came here thanks to TWD.
I comed from walking dead 😩🎼💔
"You made bookoo bucks dudes and I hope you know I am here to kill all of you. You won't be remembered not even Bob Dylan. I have a book in the bible. I think I might do okay or I already done good."
,dan'
"Let me know when the book of Bob comes out and I doubt he would challenge me. I am older than him and younger."
"Tom I am am your son sir. Feeling like a bastard holding on."
The walking dead
This song sounded better with Beth singing it!!! 😢
bruh.
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
She went and took that California trip
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"
Oh, you got to hold on, hold on
You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame
When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand
I'm standing right here, you gotta 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
Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
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
Oh, your old hometown's so far away
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
A song called "Hold On", hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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
You gotta hold on, girl
You gotta hold on
You gotta hold on
Source: "Holding On: A Conversation with Tom Waits". Newsweek: Karin Schoemer. March 23, 1999)
- Tom Waits: I thought that was a good thing to say in a song. Hold on. We're all holding onto something. None of us want to come out of the ground. Weeds are holding on. Everything's holding on. I thought that was a real positive thing to say. It was an optimistic song. Take my hand, stand right here, hold on. We wrote that together, Kathleen and I, and that felt good. Two people who are in love writing a song like that about being in love. That was good."
And, to be honest, I hear: 'Take my hand, stand right here, you gotta hold on'.
I don't understand, why everywhere is: I'm standing right here
Yesterday, Silvester 23...24 send to many people around the world. Hold on... that's it... forever 🎶🤗🌎🫶
Peace for whole world and trust together ... please. ❤@@Neytiri...
❤️
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
She went and took that California trip
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"
Oh, you got to hold on, hold on
You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame
When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand
I'm standing right here, you gotta 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
Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
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
Oh, your old hometown's so far away
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
A song called "Hold On", hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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
You gotta hold on, girl
You gotta hold on
You gotta hold on
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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
She went and took that California trip
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
Said, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"
Oh, you got to hold on, hold on
You gotta 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's looking for someone to blame
When 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, but you got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on and take my hand
I'm standing right here, you gotta 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
Oh, there's nothing left to keep you here
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
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
Oh, your old hometown's so far away
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
A song called "Hold On", hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
You gotta hold on, hold on
Babe, you gotta hold on
And take my hand, I'm standing right here, 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
You gotta hold on, girl
You gotta hold on
You gotta hold on