Just be as you are Be as you are, be as, be as you are But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother And I know that she gon' understand And she told me, young man There are moments when you fall to the ground But you are stronger than you feel you are

Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the earth falls all around The last baron, the last baron I was standing staring at the world and I still can't see it I guess

Stand your ground Don’t let the bastards grind you down Be bold, be strange Don’t let their fears make you afraid Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win" And that it made me scared about the world that we live in But I had to reassure them

I'm no house of cards, house of cards Just to fall I act so bulletproof But you take me down You take me down Gave all I got to you Now I'm standing my ground Standing my ground Not caving into you, not caving into you

Never too late to stand your ground, Revolution begins In you, in me, revolution! Since the day that you were born the wheels are in motion Turning ever faster Play your part in the big machine The stage is set, the road is chosen You fate preordained We

Black is the color of my true love's hair I love the ground on where he stands Of my true love's hair When he and I will be as one His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes And the strongest hands Oh I love my lover And where he goes

Kick love into motion Take a little love and shake it all around Take me in your arms and throw me to the ground I just happen to be a man Try to stop this thing comin' Stand up for love My love is like a motor Burnin' all the time

Lay me down Stand my ground Taking a life I see it flash before my eyes Give and take We are full of pride All is proved in time Rule by the head Endure test of time

We don't run I'm standing my ground And we don't back down Bless each tear and this dirt I was born in (run) We don't run, we don't run I'm not afraid of burning bridges 'Cause I know they're gonna light my way Like a Phoenix, from the ashes Welcome to

I will stand my ground where hope can be found You'll take all that is wrong and make it right (Right, so right) Your love is lifting me above all the lies Oh, O'Lord O'Lord I know You hear my cry No matter what I face this I know in time Make it right