Tom Waits - "Hold On"

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    "Hold On" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations'
    Lyrics
    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
    (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 got 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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Komentáře • 77

  • @asceticblur
    @asceticblur Před 3 měsíci +14

    There are so few song writers left. This man is a genius and a bleeding heart. God bless you Tom.

  • @dustin2207
    @dustin2207 Před 9 měsíci +28

    When Beth started singing this in the prison, I was moved to tears. RIP Beth, Hersel, and Glen. YOU GOTTA HOLD ON, MAGGIE!

  • @bsnf-5
    @bsnf-5 Před rokem +25

    Songs like this are reason to live. Genius level artistry

  • @TheBabadook616
    @TheBabadook616 Před rokem +29

    The sweetness of the song is really exacerbated by the roughness of his voice, just beautiful

  • @froolop
    @froolop Před 3 lety +28

    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

    • @Neytiri...
      @Neytiri... Před 2 lety +7

      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

    • @birgitgrabenkamp
      @birgitgrabenkamp Před 6 měsíci +1

      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...

  • @thatonegearguy
    @thatonegearguy Před rokem +65

    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..

    • @jmcljazz6733
      @jmcljazz6733 Před rokem +4

      God Bless you

    • @ronaldnoble9694
      @ronaldnoble9694 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Thank you for your service Sir. God bless you.

    • @mingusmofaz5898
      @mingusmofaz5898 Před 8 měsíci +2

      ​@@ronaldnoble9694Time to stop pretending that being emotionally brutalized and physically destroyed for the utterly superficial goals of nations isn't "service" but a sentence.

    • @gerritvanderkieft2104
      @gerritvanderkieft2104 Před 5 měsíci

      You are a hero greetings from the Netherlands Hold on

    • @asceticblur
      @asceticblur Před 3 měsíci

      🤔😔🙄

  • @thevoidwalkerbr
    @thevoidwalkerbr Před 3 lety +13

    My dad showed this, just amazing, really love it

  • @adamarcher7847
    @adamarcher7847 Před měsícem +2

    one of the best songs ever brought into existence

  • @kentborges5114
    @kentborges5114 Před 4 lety +20

    THIS SONG IS TRUE PLATINUM.

  • @tamea8030
    @tamea8030 Před 3 lety +39

    i heard this song for the first time on the walking dead and it’s been one of my favorite songs since

  • @HighPlainsDrifter-kb5du
    @HighPlainsDrifter-kb5du Před 12 dny +1

    Thanks so much for the music/lyrics over all these years Tom. Greetings from Ontario Canada. ❤

  • @terrifiedtomatosauce1964
    @terrifiedtomatosauce1964 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Why?? Did it take an Eternity?? For this raw,honest, Genius to be recognised in The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame??

  • @dr.horror9046
    @dr.horror9046 Před 10 měsíci +10

    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

  • @GoatHouseBlues
    @GoatHouseBlues Před rokem +6

    I dedicate my appreciation of this song to my friend Erycka. Who I hope holds on.

  • @SomeDutchGuy
    @SomeDutchGuy Před 2 lety +8

    First heard this song on KPIG while driving in Santa Cruz. Touched my soul ...

    • @susansawyer2475
      @susansawyer2475 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hooray for KPIG: what a music station should be!

  • @paulacardwell8367
    @paulacardwell8367 Před 7 měsíci +3

    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

  • @jmgfx4161
    @jmgfx4161 Před 3 lety +8

    Moved me to tears

    • @maxbrown2577
      @maxbrown2577 Před 3 lety +2

      As a song like this should.
      Music has power.

  • @sarahhoman-ye4rg
    @sarahhoman-ye4rg Před 8 měsíci +4

    My mam loved this artist rip mam 😥x

  • @user-nt2we4ng2q
    @user-nt2we4ng2q Před 9 měsíci +3

    Dinlemekten asla vazgeçmediğim
    .

  • @genuinehearts8247
    @genuinehearts8247 Před 3 lety +3

    You gave me yours without knowing and so many others. Thank you.

  • @vincentbarkley9121
    @vincentbarkley9121 Před 3 lety +4

    Wow. Incredible

  • @aliefe1genc
    @aliefe1genc Před 3 lety +18

    Hi Beth (R.I.P) (TWD)

  • @valentinocapodacqua2051
    @valentinocapodacqua2051 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Grande tom....!!!!!

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "Trust promotes trustworthy people. Worth don't make you worthy though."
    ,dan'

  • @marcellic
    @marcellic Před rokem +5

    rest in peace beth greene.

  • @worthigirl2946
    @worthigirl2946 Před 2 lety

    Yes!

  • @apusromero1977
    @apusromero1977 Před 3 lety +1

    Desde México 👏🏻

  • @edguedou
    @edguedou Před 3 lety +9

    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..🤗👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💖💟

  • @daisywrabbit
    @daisywrabbit Před 4 měsíci +1

    💙

  • @jeffreyvasquez3911
    @jeffreyvasquez3911 Před 4 lety +2

    ❤️

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "I call myself better than you not because I am well but because you were sick."
    ,dan'

    • @jessicalowery8035
      @jessicalowery8035 Před 3 lety

      Is there any hope to grow trust with all these ashes?💓

    • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.
      @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-. Před 3 lety

      What do you mean? The ashes of whom or what?
      ,dan' (💗) what's on your mind?

    • @bsnf-5
      @bsnf-5 Před rokem

      Where did you get this quotation from? I like it!

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "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)

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    ''Water isn't a spirit and is never neutral."
    ,dan'

  • @valentinocapodacqua2051
    @valentinocapodacqua2051 Před 8 měsíci

    Brilla

  • @birgitgrabenkamp
    @birgitgrabenkamp Před 6 měsíci

    Hold on....that for the whole world 🌎🫶 and trust together with your heart...all together... please. 🌎🎶🫂♥️

  • @jennifermarquez4957
    @jennifermarquez4957 Před 2 měsíci

    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.

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "The last time I achieved something it was raining and I think it might have been a Tuesday."
    ,dan' (on today)

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "Elevened and sevened, we sat there eating fishdicks and fancy ketchup."
    ,dan' (in the times of tang)

  • @melaniemarko621
    @melaniemarko621 Před rokem

    Çome to Montreal: We love you!

  • @Gaspard-uc4iv
    @Gaspard-uc4iv Před 4 měsíci

    J'ai tourné le dos à l'océan, mais peu importe nous sommes attendus plus loin, plus tard...

  • @brockrain4618
    @brockrain4618 Před 3 lety

    Love you Cody James Kirkbride

  • @genuinehearts8247
    @genuinehearts8247 Před 3 lety +1

    Hold on... all I have is a hand.

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "Go ahead'n call it tails, it never fails, tails never fails."
    ,dan'

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    “Hello Tom, I hope you are having a good day today sir.” ,dan’

  • @mateusvenancio2055
    @mateusvenancio2055 Před měsícem

    Vim por The walking dead temp 3X11

  • @barbequebaconburgereverydayy
    @barbequebaconburgereverydayy Před 3 měsíci +1

    TWD

  • @alejandropower
    @alejandropower Před 3 lety +1

    Came here thanks to TWD.

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

    "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."

  • @kevinbrownsr4956
    @kevinbrownsr4956 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This song sounded better with Beth singing it!!! 😢

  • @paixaoandrade3653
    @paixaoandrade3653 Před 3 lety +4

    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

  • @sudedurhasan7652
    @sudedurhasan7652 Před 3 lety +2

    🖤🖤🖤

  • @RealEstateAgentSF
    @RealEstateAgentSF Před dnem

    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
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