[Title: I STAND FOR MY MAN] [Intro] [Big war drums, low male clan] [Male Clan] Stand. Stand. Stand. KEEP THE VOW. Stand. Stand. Stand. BY THE LORD. [Verse 1] [Female sung] I stand by my man When the winter takes the shore I stand by my man When the storm is at the door He is bone beside my bone He is the man I gave my word I will not leave the battlefield Where our covenant was heard [Response] [Male Clan] STAND BY HIM! KEEP THE VOW! STAND BY HIM! STAND HERE NOW! [Pre-Chorus] [Female sung] Christ loved His church And gave Himself for her I take my place beside my man And I will not be moved [Chorus] [Female sung, huge drums] I STAND BY MY MAN! I STAND FOR MY MAN! THROUGH THE FIRE! THROUGH THE LAND! When the whole world tells me Turn and leave him where he stands NO I STAND BY MY MAN! I STAND FOR MY MAN! [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! SHE STANDS! SHE STANDS FOR HER MAN! [Verse 2] [Female sung] I do not love a shadow I do not worship crown I love the man God gave me I will not tear him down When the world would take his courage When the cold would steal his song I become the voice beside him Remember whose you are When his hands are tired from battle When his knees can barely stand He will find me there beside him I stand for my man [Response] [Male Clan] FOR THE VOW! FOR THE FLAME! FOR HER MAN! FOR HIS NAME! [Bridge] [Drums fall to one deep heartbeat] [Female] I am not his Saviour [Male Clan] CHRIST! [Female] I am not his Lord [Male Clan] CHRIST! [Female] But I am his wife [Male Clan] STAND! [Female] And I gave him my word [War drums erupt] [Female] WHEN THE WINTER COMES [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! [Female] WHEN THE NIGHT COMES [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! [Female] WHEN HIS STRENGTH IS LOW [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! [Female] WHEN EVERYBODY LEAVES [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! [Female] I STAND FOR MY MAN! [Final Chorus] [Female soaring over huge war drums and tribal stomps] I STAND BY MY MAN! I STAND FOR MY MAN! THROUGH THE FIRE! THROUGH THE LAND! Christ is over both of us And we stand in His hand I STAND BY MY MAN! I STAND FOR MY MAN! [Male Clan] SHE STANDS! SHE STANDS! SHE STANDS FOR HER MAN! [Female] I will not shame him I will not forsake him I will not leave him Alone where he stands I STAND BY MY MAN I STAND FOR MY MAN [Outro] [Drums and clan fading] [Male Clan] Stand. Stand. Stand. KEEP THE VOW. Stand. Stand. Stand. BY THE LORD. [Female alone] Jesus is the Lord
