Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now? If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don'tcha know that no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But oh, I'm just a soul whose intentions are

I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you Take me in, into your darkest hour And I'll never desert you Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes Come on and come to me now Don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through

She holds tight to me and the Bible On the back seat of my motorcycle Left her daddy standin' there Preachin' to the choir You see, God love her Oh me and God love her And a preacher's daughter She was baptized in dirty water Her mama cried the first time

We gon' make a movie, a movie and it's gon' be in three D, in three D Why don't you stand, stand by me, oh my darling stand by me We were supposed to be together I walked through a pool of water and I seen the shadow of a broken hearted girl Pictured us

And I ain't gonna stand for it baby I ain't gonna stand for it baby Nah-ah (nah-ah) Nah-ah (nah-ah nah-ah) nah-ah (nah-ah nah-ah) Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my Don't wanna believe what they're telling me Somebody's been pickin' in my cherry tree Don't

They got so much things to say right now They got so much things to say I'll never forget no way Stand firm and give Jah thanks and praises By the laws of men, by the laws of men Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah) Ooh yeah, yeah Eh! But I'll

Oh stand by me, stand by me Just as long as you stand, stand by me And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Oh stand now by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Baby, do you understand me now? Sometimes I feel a little mad But don't you know that no one alive can always be an

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good I try so hard, don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel?

Stand by me Just as long as you stand, stand by me Oh stand now, stand by me When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid So darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me