I tell you my secrets
You stand by me
I tell you everything
You stand by me

If before it all began and I'd know where I would land
I'd stand by you
If I did it all again, to know now to what I knew then
I'd stand by you

You stand by me
You stand by me
And I stand by you
That what friends will do
That's what friend do
They stand by you

I tell you my stories
You stand by me
I tell you crazy things
You stand by me

In the darkest hour or in the nick of time
I'd stand by you
In the shadow of the shame and the precipice of hate
I'd stand by you
You stand by me
You stand by me
I stand by you
That's what friends will do
That's what friends do
They stand by you

You tell me your secrets
I stand by you
You tell me everything
I stand by you

In our struggle to stand tall, when we limp and when we fall
I stand by you
As  we start we our lovers, we are friends but we're stronger  in the end
I stand by you


You stand by me
You stand by me
I stand by you
That's what friends will do

That's what friends do
I wrote You Stand By Me in the spirit of my wife.  She is the one who knows all about me and after knowing all of she does, she decides to stand by me all of the time.