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

I've been drunk up in the Smokies On a Rocky Mountain high I got friends from Tennessee So I got something in a bottle And I got something from a seed Since you said you didn't love me Since hung me out to dry Well I got friends from Colorado Made the

Mama said I was bad, I did something to her head. Well, I was born on a Sunday; on Thursday I had me a job. I was born on a Sunday; by Thursday I was workin' out on the job. I ain't never had no day off since I learned right from wrong. And poppa threw

Train kept a-rolling all night long But I just couldn't tell her so But I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no I said, train kept a-rolling all night long With a heave, and a ho Well, on a train, I met a dame She rather handsome, we kind looked the same

That's what's going to save me Well it's a new year, with it comes more than new fears. Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me, "What induces us to stay here?" I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying, But I think you just have to keep on

So would you come back, would you come back to me So would you come back, you mean everything to me One, two, three, four Well, after all the times we met, you said I never was your man And though I tried hard to forget, I never quite could understand

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

I came from nothing I came from nothing, I came from nothing What is it? What's free about it? I thought about it, I said, listen Should I talk about freebase and what if, or somethin' people say Well no, everybody goes and then people will start goin'

Since I met you Baby I'm happy as a man can be Well since I met you Baby You made a new man out of me I used to wake up in the morning with an aching head I couldn't remember anything I'd said My friends told me I was gun outta line If it wasn't for you

Can't see me Need a little something You said, just keep it true Lift up your name Seasons change You know it'll never be the same We'll see the sun again I just wanna say that I love you Say what you love, it's alright