stood up |
|
I
stood up for the first time |
When
I was just eleven months old |
And
ever since that day, my mama said |
I
never done what I was told |
|
I
never stood for nothing too much |
All
through my schooling years |
But
I stood as much as I could stand |
I
guess that's why I'm still standing here |
Yes,
and |
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CHORUS: |
I
stood up |
When
love called my name, baby |
I
stood up |
Even
when that love was all in vain, baby |
I
got stood up once |
And
left out in the pouring rain, baby |
But
I stood up |
And
I'd do it again |
|
I
guess she never understood what she could do |
With
all her flaming red hair |
But
I could not stand the heat in her kitchen |
So,
Jack, I got out of there |
|
I
stood up to get a pack of cigarettes |
Down
at the corner store |
New
she's standing in some corner of my heart |
Behind
the kitchen screen door |
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REPEAT
CHORUS: |
|
I
don't know about you |
But
there's a lot of things I never stood up to |
Even
as I turned and walked away |
I
guess that's why I'm standing on my own |
two
feet today |
|
Now
they gave last call for alcohol |
And
no one has to carry me home |
You
see I only work here now man |
My
drinking days are long gone |
|
I
couldn't stand up after one, no |
'Til
twenty had me down on the floor |
Now
the first one doesn't get me |
Even
though I'm still the last one out the door |
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REPEAT
CHORUS |