there's love in the cornersand love down the straight highwaythere's danger in the outskirts of townand in what you don't sayyou're either sinking or thinkingthe dark's your romanceor a special one's shining a light on a chancethat it's all very worthy to achein the middle of the nightsometimes i can't sleepi can't keep all these feelings at bayi am rage, i am sorrow and griefall alone in my wayi know humor and heartbreakand people are lifeif i keep my eyes closedi'll be open to strifebecause the powers that be send their lovein the middle of the nighti'm gonna stand upand let myself be counted forstand up nowi've got my one lifeand what's it to amount toif i don't learn howto love you and love myself beside youmix the gentle and proudi want to love life.the vision in the window told me --stand up.to my mother my fathermy witnesses live in my jagged heartthat for years has been running like fireas though that was its partfrom lover to cover and ocean to skyfrom desert to mountain and promise to liei can say that i've prayed to forgivenessin the middle of the nighti'm gonna stand upand let myself be counted forstand up nowi've got my one lifeand what's it to amount toif i don't learn howto love you and love myself beside youmix the gentle and proudi want to love life.the vision in the window told me --stand up.now i can see love in the womanand love in the man in myselfi see how most people just ache to be goodat expressing themselvesand i wish i could tell you just right what i meanabout the light shining down, if i'd only come cleanbut for now i live with myselfin the middle of the night.i'm gonna stand upand let myself be counted forstand up nowi've got my one lifeand what's it to amount toif i don't learn howto love you and love myself beside youmix the gentle and proudi want to love life.the vision in the window told me --stand up.
