Stand And Be Counted

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There was a piece of a song I 
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heard the other day
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    Some words I heard this 
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singer say
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Something in me loved the way that 
it sounded
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When he said how he wanted to stand
Stand and be counted

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
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Now, sometimes I talk to myself 
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in the early dawn
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Before all the fragments of my 
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dreams are gone
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Things you don't know why your mind 
held on to
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Or else sometimes you know more than
 you want to

[Chorus]
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Stand and be counted, stand on the 
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truth
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Stand on your honor, stand and be 
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counted

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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And I wonder who that kid was 
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standing brave and trim
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And I hear myself breathe and I 
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know that I was him
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Defender of the poor and those who 
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cannot speak
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I thought I'd be standing by the dam
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 trying to stop the leak

[Chorus]
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Stand and be counted, stand on the 
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truth
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Stand on your honor, stand and be 
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counted

[Bridge]
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So concerned with matters of the 
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heart
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And knowing the millenium was 
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just about to start
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And knowing that somehow we could 
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make a difference

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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I want to stand alone in front of
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 the world and that oncoming tank
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Like that Chinese boy that we all
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 have to thank
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He showed us in a picture that I 
have mounted
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Exactly what it means to stand and 
be counted

[Other]
A     D      E        A     D  
Stand and be counted, stand on the 
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truth
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Stand on your honor, stand and be
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Stand and be counted, stand on the 
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truth
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Stand on your honor, stand and be

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A D E G F#m E

A     D      E        A     D  
Stand and be counted, stand on the 
    E
truth
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Stand on your honor