You’ve Got to Stand for Somethin’ John Mellencamp

[Verse 1]
I've seen the Rolling Stones
Forgot about Johnny Rotten
Saw The Who back in '69
Saw Bobby Seale
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 a lot of things
But I have not seen a lot of other things

[Chorus]
But I know
You've got to stand (Stand) for something
Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything
You've gotta stand (Stand) right up for somethin'
Or you're gonna fall for anything

[Verse 2]
I saw Nikita Khrushchev
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 the desert
Seen thirty-three 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