Stand Up

Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

With our .45's burning in our hands
We rode for broke throughout those mountain lands to stake a claim
And as the sunlight scorched our bodies brown
We swore to heaven up and down that they'd learn our names
And our guns someday
We were bound to get our way

Stand up, cowboy, come on, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, stand up, stand up

About a fortnight's ride out of Santa Fe
Billy Boy and me, we shouted, "Holiday!"
We raised some hell
Yeah, we sure did
Well, we stuffed and stoved 'em in Stone Blind
Swept away the pretty women kind that would never tell
Lies don't get around, when you're lying six feet down

Stand up, cowboy, come on, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, stand up, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, come on, stand up
Stand up cowboy, stand up, stand up (stand up!)

I don't believe you just emptied out your gun
Billy Boy, first time I think we gotta run
Come on, Billy man, what you done to me?
We're in some trouble, boy, and now you wanna know
Can it be, can it be, can it be, can it be?

Oh yeah, oh yeah
Come on, stand up

Well, it was deep in the night, good folks
Cashin' in our chips
When they caught up with us
Well, my buddy turned and he said out loud
He was sorry, but he was proud to have been a part of this

Then he stood and yelled, "You have me boys"
I took my stand, I made some noise
I lived and I died
By my own choice

Stand up, cowboy, stand up, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, come on, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, stand up, stand up
Stand up, cowboy, come on, stand up

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh