You've Got To Stand For Something

Aaron Tippin

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Now

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daddy didn't like trouble, but if

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it came a

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long

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Everyone that

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knew him, knew which side that he would be

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on

He

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never was a

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hero, or this

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county's shining

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light

But you could

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always find him

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standing up for

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what he thought was

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right

He'd say, you've

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got to stand for something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

You've

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got to be your own man not a puppet on a

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string

Never

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compromise what's

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right and up

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hold your family

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name

You've

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got to

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stand for

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something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

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Now we

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might have been better off or

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owned a bigger

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house

If

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daddy had done more,

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givin' in, or a little more backing

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down

But we

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always had

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plenty, just

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living his ad

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vice

What

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ever you do to

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day, you'll have to

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sleep with to

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night

He'd say, you've

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got to stand for something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

You've

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got to be your own man not a puppet on a

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string

Never

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compromise what's

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right and up

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hold your family

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name

You've

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got to

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stand for

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something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

I

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know that things are

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different than they

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were in daddy's

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days

But I

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still believe what makes a man really hasn't

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changed

You've

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got to stand for something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

You've

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got to be your own man not a puppet on a

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string

Never

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compromise what's

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right and up

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hold your family

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name

You've

F#m

got to

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stand for

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something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

You've

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got to stand for

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something or you'll

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fall for any

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thing

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