Don't Make Me Wait

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 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
 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
 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
 Baby got to hold on
 Take my hand, I'm standing right here
 You got to 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
 And 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 got to hold on, hold on
 Baby 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
 Oh your old hometown so far away
 But, inside your head there's a record that's playing
 A song called
 Hold on, hold on, baby got to hold on
 Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
 You gotta hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
 Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
 You gotta hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
 Take my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on
 You gotta hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
 And take my hand, I'm standing right there, 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
 You gotta hold on, you gotta hold on