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      Saw Marlon Brando on a motorcycle   He was actin' out rebellion   I saw Rocky Stallone in a X-rated movie   Called the "Italian Stallion'      I've seen lots of things   But I have not seen a lot of other things 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      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      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, yeah yeah yeah      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      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      Yeah yeah, you've got to stand for something   Or you're gonna fall for anything   Yeah, you've gotta stand right up for somethin'   Or you're gonna fall for anything, yeah yeah      You've got to stand for something   You've gotta stand right up for somethin', yeah yeah yeah