Stood Up

I stood up for the first time when I was just eleven months old

And ever since that day mama said I never done what I was told

I never stood for nothing too much all through my schooling years

But I stood as much as I could stand

I guess that's why I'm still standing here

And then I stood up when love called my name baby

I stood up even when that love was all in vain baby

I got stood up once and left out in the pouring rain baby

And then I stood up and I'll do it again

Guess I never understood what she could do with all that flaming red hair

I could not stand the heat in the kitchen so Jack I got on out of there

I stood up to get a pack of cigarettes down at the corner store

And now she's standing in some corner of my heart behind the kitchen

I don't know about you

There's a lot of things I never stood up to

Even when I turn and walk away

I guess that's why I'm standing on my own two feet today

They gave last call for alcohol and no one has to carry me home

You see I only work here now man

My drinking days are long gone

I couldn't stand up after one no

'Till twenty had me down on the floor

The first one doesn't get you

Even though I'm still the last one out the door