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

I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down (of calms within the eye) (for me and no one else) I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling

Something's comin' over, mmm mmm Something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret Happiness lies in your own hand It took me much too long to understand How it could be Until you shared your secret with me Mmm mmm, my baby's got a secret

Now I must die by my own hand 'cause I'm not man enough to live alone. and I'm better off dead now that she's gone. She couldn't stand me anymore so she just took the kids and went. You see, I've got a drinkin' problem, all the money that we had I spent.

Baby lie to me 'cause I couldn't stand the truth And I couldn't bear the thought of losin' you Baby lie to me, tell me everything's all right And when I'm sound asleep, you can fade into the night Girl, instead of sayin' goodbye Girl look at you right

Standing by the window Eyes upon the moon Hoping that the memory Will leave her spirit soon She shuts the doors and lights and lays her body on the bed Where images and words are running deep She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head So

I have no place to run and hide I have no place to hide, which I like I see your faces and I do not understand why Each time I dream you're standing there right by my side Why do you make me? You take my pride and in my eyes You come and rape me, inside

These are the words we use to say goodbye These are the words you use to say goodbye See the sleet that rests upon The quiet street we're standing on Is it time to go away And try again some other day? 'Cause these are words we use to say goodbye Bones

Now I'm here (now I'm here) Here I stand (here I stand) Look around around around around around But you won't see me (but you won't see me) Now I'm there (now I'm there) Just a new man Yes you made me live again, wow A baby I was when you took my hand

So dry your weeping eyes I will never leave, no I don't never want to hear you say that again Baby I'm not going nowhere Look at me, you understand me? Now, what gave you the silly idea that I'm about to leave Girl who you been listening to? They must be