Lyrics

You Stood By Me

You stood by me no matter how hard
The slingshots and arrows came
You stood by me outside
In the cold hard driving rain
You stood by me not because you were brave
You stood by me even though you were afraid

You sang with me on the songlines
You never missed a beat
You sang in perfect harmony
To the discord and the grief
You were the sweetest melody
That I ever heard
My life began the day you came into my world
‘Cause you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Yeah you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You danced to your own rhythm
You coloured outside the lines
You swam against the current
Drew your own designs
But you were never obvious or cruel
Always looking for some kind of truth

You sang with me on the songlines
You never missed a beat
You sang in perfect harmony
To the discord and the grief
And when outrageous fortune
Fell down hard on you
I was the truest mirror
That you ever looked into
You stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Yeah you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

If there was a path you’d find a different way
Just to see if you could
Just to see if it was there
This thing was in your blood
You never tried to be different
Baby you were just born that way
And standing here with these flowers
I miss you more each day
‘Cause you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You sang with me on the songlines
You never missed a beat
You sang in perfect harmony
To the discord and the grief
And in the darkest moments
before you got the word
I told you the sweetest lies that you ever heard
‘Cause you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Yeah you stood by me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh you stood by me
Oh oh wow wow, wow
You stood by me
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You stood by me