You've Got to Stand for Something - Aaron Tippin

I've seen the Rolling Stones Forgot about Johnny Rotten Saw The Who back in '69 Saw Bobby Seal Talkin' to the Panthers Sayin' just what he had on his mind I saw Marlon Brando On a motorcycle He was actin' out rebellion I saw Rocky Stallone In an X-rated movie Called the Italian Stallion I've seen lots of things But I have not seen a lot of other things (But I know) You've got to stand (stand) for something Or you're gonna fall (stand) for anything You've gotta stand right up for somethin' Or you're gonna fall For anything I saw Nikita Krushchev Kissin' Fidel Castro Saw a man walkin' on the moon I saw Miss America In a girly magazine I bet you saw that too I've seen the London Bridge In the middle of a desert Seen 33 years go by I know the American people Paid a high price for justice And I don't know why Nobody seems to know why I know a lot of things But I don't know a lot of other things Yeah, yeah, yeah You've got to stand (stand) for something Or you're gonna fall (stand) for anything You've gotta stand right up for somethin' Or you're gonna fall For anything, yeah yeah yeah, ooh Well I've been to Harlem County And I've seen Paris, Texas And I've spent some time in Rome I know a lot of funny people In a lot of funny places But the Midwest is my home We've got to start respectin' this world Or it's gonna turn around and bite off our face You've got to stand (stand) for something Or you're gonna fall (stand) for anything You've gotta stand (stand) for somethin' Or you're gonna fall (stand) for anything Yeah yeah, you've got to stand (stand) for something Or you're gonna fall (stand) for anything Yeah, you've gotta stand right up for somethin' Or you're gonna fall For anything (stand), yeah yeah yeah (Stand) stand for something (Stand) You've gotta stand right up for somethin', yeah yeah yeah (Stand) (Stand) (Stand) (Stand)

Now you've got something to die for Now you've got something to die for Infidel Imperial Lust for blood, a blind crusade Apocalyptic, we count the days Bombs to set the people free Blood to feed the dollar tree Flags for coffins on the screen Oil for the machine Army of liberation Gunpoint indoctrination The fires of sedition Fulfill the prophecy Now you've got something to die for Now you've got something to die for Send the children to the fire Sons and daughters stack the pyre Stoke the flame of the empire Live to lie another day Face of hypocrisy Raping democracy Apocalyptic We count the days Oh We'll never get out of this hole Until we've dug our own grave And drug the rest down with us The burning home of the brave Burn Now you've got something to die for Now you've got something to die For

You've got to believe in something It's a lonely universe Be careful what you wish for Cause your improvement might be worse Birth is a missing persons file It's a case of role reversal Life is a play... Sometimes I can remember the rehearsal You've got to believe in nothing There's an awful lot out there There's an awful lot in make up Some in every perfect hair You know I lose a lot of sleep Wondering if nothing would ever desert us But I know they don't know nothing And what they don't know can't hurt us I want to tell you This guy wants to charge you a nickel I want to tell you This guy wants to charge you a dime I want to tell you I'm 'o' charge you a five dollar bill And show you a real fine time Real fine time There's a candy coated iguana Behind curtain number one And a sixteen dollar bill For every pregnant flying nun They got a soda-pop that'll save the wold It's a tonic and an elixir It's a get-you-laid Better-paid Guaranteed all-round life-fixer I want to tell you This guy wants you to change a twenty I want to tell you This guy wants you to change a ten I want to tell you This guy knows you already did it But he wants you to do it again Do it again You've got to believe in something It's a lonely universe Be careful what you wish for Cause your improvement might be worse Birth is a missing persons file It's a case of role reversal Life is a play, they say Sometimes I can remember the rehearsal I want to tell you Some say life is a blessing I want to tell you Some say life is a curse I want to tell you Some say life is a play But you get no time to rehearse And you got to believe in something Cause it's a lonely universe You got to believe in something