I'm Gonna Stand Lyrics

I was walking out in the country, a couple miles from my home

When I saw a post on the side of the road, sitting out there all alone

A string of rusty barbed wire told the story of its job

It was part of some farmer's fencing, but now the fence is gone

I looked at it for a while, in the golden sunset light

It was rough and old and bent and gnarled, but still standing upright

And I'm not sure just what happened,

But it seemed that that old fencepost was an awful lot like me

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

Even if it seems that it don't make sense anymore

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

Yeah, and if I have to I'll stand out here alone

There'll be a day when I fall down

But today is not that day

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

Back in the day, it stood with its fellows in that field up on the hill

The fence held back the varmints, and it would be up there still

But time and fate have changed things, I'm not sure exactly why

One lonely post like an ancient ghost standing up against the sky

And me, I'm walkin' home, with some questions in my mind

Used to think I knew why I was here, but now I can't decide

And I might be old and gnarled and bent, yeah, in fact I know that's true

But I just like that old fencepost, I'll do what I've got to do

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

Even if it seems that it don't make sense anymore

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

Yeah, and if I have to I'll stand out here alone

There'll be a day when I fall down

But today is not that day

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can

I'm gonna stand, as tall as I can