Annie Lennox

Released: March 6, 1995

Songwriter: Joe Strummer Mick Jones

Producer: Stephen Lipson

[Verse 1]
They say you stand by your man
Tell me something I don't understand
You said you loved me and that's a fact
And then you left me said you felt trapped
Well, somethings you can explain away
But the heartache's with me till this day

[Chorus]
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way

[Verse 2]
All the times that we were close
I remember these things the most
I've seen all my dreams come tumblin' down
I can't be happy without you around
So alone I keep the wolves at bay
And there's only one thing I can say

[Chorus]
You didn't stand by me
No, not at all
You didn't stand by me
No way
You didn't stand by me
No, not at all
You didn't stand by me
No way

[Bridge]
You must explain
Why this must be?
Did you lie
When you spoke to me?
Did you stand by me?
No, not at all

[Verse 3]
Now I got a job but it don't pay
I need new clothes I need somewhere to stay
But without all of these things I can do
But without your love I won't make it through
Without your love I won't make it through
But you don't understand my point of view
I suppose there's nothing I can do

[Chorus]
You didn't stand by me
No, not at all
You didn't stand by me
No way
You didn't stand by me
No, not at all
You didn't stand by me
No way

[Verse 4]
You must explain
Why this must be?
Did you lie
When you spoke to me?

[Outro]
Did you stand by me?
No way
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way
Did you stand by me
No, not at all

Annie Lennox is an award-winning singer, songwriter and activist who has sold over 80 million records worldwide between her solo work and the duo Eurythmics. At seventeen, Lennox won a scholarship to London’s Royal Academy of Music to become a flutist, but dropped out after feeling that classical music was “far too competitive” and “didn’t fit my kind of personality”.

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

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