Tom Waits - Hold On (Cover by Pede)

Me singing Hold On by Tom Waits

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

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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Tags:

• Tom
• Waits
• Hold
• On
• Cover

[toca7]

Yea good cover ,, but that joint is burnt out !!

[apederneschi]

@toca7 thank you!! but I swear it wasn't a joint, it was a cigarette... usually I smoke joint before playing the guitar... lol

[apederneschi]

thank you guys!

[willysunday]

good for you! nice cover of a great song! willy

[Vesna333]

song is so nice that you can not miss

[apederneschi]

@delvin51286 to be honest I must say that the smoke effect it wasn't intentional!

[eldadmi]

great smoky cover dude

[aliwhitwell]

Very impressive. I just uploaded a first attempt at this song and it's hard to get the timing right but you did a great job. Think I need to work on the chords too. Had trouble in working them out!

Thanks for posting.

[groovebassist]

He's playing the chords right there and its pretty easy to tell what he's playing..