Never gonna give you up No matter how you treat me So don't you think of leavin' Baby, don't you understand What you're doing to the man? Girl, you treat me bad and I know why I've seen you runnin' around with another guy And you think if you hurt me,

I know that you don't wanna hear this And don't be a fool 'Cause you'll find a man And will be there for you And wait on me darlin' But I'm always on the move And say that you love me Who will stand by your side And don't be a fool, yeah

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman Standing on the waters casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Distant ships sailing into the mist, You were born

Did you stand by me No, not at all You must explain why this must be You say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can explain

Stand By Your Man, Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man. You'll have bad times And he'll have good times, Doin' things that you don't understand. But if you love him you'll forgive him, even though he's hard to

All you get is alibis When smoke begins to fade And you standing face to face Does he kiss you in the way to say You're the other woman, the other woman At the start of his goodbye Do you ever realize that you never get the chance You'll always be the

One for the liar One for the cheat One for the man who you'll never meet Piece of the action and a portion of pie They'll be there waiting when your big chance comes by I could stand but I don't like the feeling I could fall but I'm always on the floor

Just because I'm a woman My mistakes are no worse than yours Yes, I've made my mistakes But listen and understand I can see you're disappointed By the way you look at me And I'm sorry that I'm not The woman you thought I'd be So when you look at me

I am that man You're trying to find You had in mind And I'll give you all my love 'Till you understand I won't give up 'Cause I know You put your heart up on a shelf I know it's hard to be by yourself

Did you stand by me No, not at all You must explain why this must be You say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can explain