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