I stood up for the first time   When I was just eleven months old   And ever since that day, my 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   Yes, and      Chorus:   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   But I stood up   And I'd do it again      I guess she never understood what she could do   With all her flaming red hair   But I could not stand the heat in her kitchen   So, jack, I got out of there      I stood up to get a pack of cigarettes   Down at the corner store   New she's standing in some corner of my heart   Behind the kitchen screen door      Chorus      I don't know about you   But there's a lot of things I never stood up to   Even as I turned and walked away   I guess that's why I'm standing on my own   Two feet today      Now 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   'til twenty had me down on the floor   Now the first one doesn't get me   Even though I'm still the last one out the door      Chorus