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      Chorus ~   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      screen door      Chorus      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