John Mellencamp Youâ´ve Got To Stand For Somethin Lyrics

Youâ´ve Got To Stand For Somethin Lyrics

I've seen the Rolling Stones
Forgot about Johnny Rotten
Saw the Who back
in '69
Saw Bobby Seal
Talkin' to the Panthers
Sayin' just what he had
on his mind
I saw Marlon Brando
On a motorcycle
He was actin' out
rebellion
I saw Rocky Stallone
In an X-rated movie
Called the Italian
Stallion
I've seen lots of things
But I have not seen a lot of other
things

CHORUS:
(But I know)
You've got to stand for
something
Or you're gonna fall for anything
You've gotta stand right up
for somethin'
Or you're gonna fall....for anything

I saw Nikita
Krushchev
Kissin' Fidel Castro
Saw a man walkin' on the moon
I saw
Miss America
In a girly magazine
I bet you saw that too

I've seen
the London Bridge
In the middle of a desert
Seen 33 years go by
I know
the American people
Paid a high price for justice
And I don't know
why
Nobody seems to know why
I know a lot of things
But I don't know a
lot of other things...
Yeah Yeah Yeah

CHORUS:
(But I
know)
You've got to stand for something
Or you're gonna fall for
anything
You've gotta stand right up for somethin'
Or you're gonna
fall....for anything

Well I've been to Harlem County
And I've seen
Paris, Texas
And I've spent some time in Rome
I know a lot of funny
people
In a lot of funny places
But the Midwest is my home
We've got
to start respectin' this world
Or it's gonna turn around and bite off our
face

CHORUS:
(But I know)
You've got to stand for something
Or
you're gonna fall for anything
You've gotta stand right up for
somethin'
Or you're gonna fall....for anything

(But I know)
You've
got to stand for something
Or you're gonna fall for anything
You've gotta
stand right up for somethin'
Or you're gonna fall....for anything