Tammy Wynette
"Standing Tall" lyrics

Standing Tall

Everything
I've tried to do for you
Has always turned out wrong
It took a lot of love
Inside of me
To keep
Me here this long

It's too late to dim
The lights again
Expecting me to call
Cause tonight
I'm gonna leave you
And I'm leaving standing tall

If I could see
Inside your mind
I wonder what I'd find
There's something there
That's made me come
So close
To losing mine

The tallest tree
Will sometimes bend
But that don't make it fall
I'm packing up
To leave you
And I'm leaving standing tall

Now I'm picking up the pieces
Of the heart
That you've been breaking
And I've bent on my knees
Just to try
To find them all

But when I get up
One long last look
Is all that I'll be taking
Tonight
I'm finally leaving
And I'm leaving standing tall

Yes, tonight
I'm finally leaving
And I'm leaving standing tall

Authors: Larry Butler, Ben Peters