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1 " 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, sonJust like a bullet leaves a gunWith her charcoal eyes and Monroe hipsShe went and took that California tripOh, the moon was gold, her hair like windSaid, "don't look back, just come on, Jim"Oh, you got to hold on, hold onYou gotta hold onTake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold onWell, he gave her a dimestore watchAnd a ring made from a spoonEveryone's looking for someone to blameWhen you share my bed, you share my nameWell, go ahead and call the copsYou don't meet nice girls in coffee shopsShe said, "baby, I still love you"Sometimes there's nothin' left to doOh, but you got to hold on, hold onBabe, you gotta hold on and take my handI'm standing right here, you gotta hold onWell, God bless your crooked little heartSt. Louis got the best of meI miss your broken China voiceHow I wish you were still here with meOh, you build it up, you wreck it downThen you burn your mansion to the groundOh, there's nothing left to keep you hereBut when you're falling behind in this big blue worldOh, you've got to hold on, hold onBabe, you gotta hold onTake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold onDown by the Riverside motelIt's ten below and fallingBy a ninety-nine cent storeShe closed her eyes and started swayingBut it's so hard to dance that wayWhen it's cold and there's no musicOh, your old hometown's so far awayBut inside your head there's a record that's playingA song called "Hold On", hold onBabe, you gotta hold onTake my hand, I'm standing right there, you gotta hold on "
― , Tom Waits - Mule Variations
2 " I got the style but not the graceI got the clothes but not the faceI got the bread but not the butterI got the winda but not the shutterBut I'm big in Japan, I'm big in Japan "