John Mellencamp

Songwriter: John Mellencamp

Producer: John Mellencamp Don Gehman

[Verse 1]
I've seen the Rolling Stones
Forgot about Johnny Rotten
Saw The Who back in '69
Saw Bobby Seale
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 a lot of things
But I have not seen a lot of other things

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

[Verse 2]
I saw Nikita Khrushchev
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 the desert
Seen thirty-three 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]
You've got to stand (Stand) for something
Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything
You've gotta stand (Stand) right up for somethin'
Or you're gonna fall for anything

[Verse 3]
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]
You've got to stand (Stand) for something
Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything
You've got to stand (Stand) for something
Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything, yeah yeah yeah
You've got to stand (Stand) for something
Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything
Yeah, you've gotta stand (Stand) right up for somethin'
Or you're gonna fall for anything

[Outro]
(Stand)
Yeah yeah
(Stand)
Gotta stand for something
(Stand)
You got to stand (Stand) right up for something
(Stand)
(Stand)
(Stand)
(Stand)

John J Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasize with the working class.

John Mellencamp has released 22 studio albums, with a career that began in 1976 and still goes on today.

His most recent release was 2014’s Plain Spoken

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