Hold On - Lakes

Her mama was a good girl

But she got mixed up in the wrong world

And Marianne was in a bad dream

'Cause her old man, he liked the cocaine

'Cause she grew up on her own luck

And once you start you never can stop

And she met Johnny in a good dream

And he said, 'Baby, just hold on to me'

He said, 'Hold on, baby, just hold on

And if you hold me we’ll make it through

'Cause I’m holding on to you'

And Marianne said she’ll get clean

And she’d quit stripping out the Silver Rain

So they found a nice duplex

But then she started cashing Johnny’s checks

So they were either fighting or loving

And Marianne, she started using again

So Johnny said, 'I gotta get free'

She said, 'No, baby, please, please, please, hold on to me'

'Hold on, baby, just hold on

And if you hold me we’ll make it through

'Cause I’m holding on to you'

She said, 'Johnny, I thought you really, really loved me

I thought you were gonna save me

Don’t you wanna give it all, I wanna give it away

She said, she said, 'Oh, oh, oh'

When Johnny came home

Marianne was on the floor

And she was bleeding out her nose

He started screaming, 'No, no!'

So we called the EMT

And they rushed down main street

He screamed, 'Hold on, baby, hold on

You gotta hold on!'

'Hold on, baby, just hold on

And if you hold me we’ll make it through

'Cause I’m holding on to you'

He said, 'Hold on, baby, just hold on

And if you hold me we’ll make it through

'Cause I’m holding on to you'

'Hold on, baby, just hold on

And if you hold me we’ll make it through

'Cause I’m holding on to you'