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