Here I Stand

OLD RICK

No intro [first note G]

V1 Here I stand – look at me / very old now and weak

History is unkind / Had my day – lived my life

My dreams were so clear then

And hopes were a real thing

But all that is left

old memories

And they’re not good

V2 I will show - how it went / Day by day what it meant

How I made no-one strong / How it all came out wrong

I’ve learned what I should know

And weakness I should show

But all that I saw then

Went to dust / In my face

BR People who were by my side

Have sailed for ever with the tide

I know not where they went

Or if they’re ever coming back

V3 [note D] So come now with me / hear the story

of a girl / strong and brave

who would not be enslaved

And though she was frightened

She fought to / The bitter end

For a world when it turned out

Didn’t care

In return