nothing i could do was ever good enough you never had time for that kind of stuff a kind word or two would have done the trick your famous put-downs cut me right to the quick i was looking for some kind of sign you were always gonna deny got lost in a place half a world away i couldn't understand a single word that they'd say i didn't fit in try as i might was given nothing everything was a fight i could't understand why it never worked out gotta be them and not me without a doubt well i'll show you gonna take a stand well i'll beat you cuz i'm not going down worked day and night gave it all i had made lot's of choices some good and some bad i looked around to see what's lost and what's won did i do any better when all's said and done now i look in the mirror and see my old man was he doing just the best that he can well i'll show you gonna take a stand well i'll beat you cuz i'm not going down i said i'm not going down