You've Got To Stand For Somethin' Lyrics - John Mellencamp

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 

I saw Marlon Brando 

On a motorcycle 

He was actin' out rebellion 

I saw Rocky Stallone 

In an X-rated movie 

Called the Italian Stallion 

I've seen lots of things 

But I have not seen a lot of other things 

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[Chorus:] 

(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 

I 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 

Photos 

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 

[Chorus] 

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 

[Chorus]