Sammy Davis Jr. — Stan Up An Fight

Thanks a lot! It sure is nice to be To be where I can see so many friends o' mine How've I been doin'? How've I been doin'? If you really want to know the truth, I'm doin' fine! Seventeen decisions in a row And only five on points, the rest were all KO Jackson and Johnson, Murphy and Bronson One by one, they come and one by one, to dreamland, they go How's it done? You ask me how's it done? I've got a trainer man who taught me all I need to know It sure feels good to have him in my corner To hear his voice so soft and low "Remember, big boy, you must remember Stand up and fight until you hear the bell Stand toe to toe, trade blow for blow And keep punching till you make your punches tell And show that crowd what you know Until you hear that bell, that final bell Stand up and fight like hell!" When you fight out in the open air Out in a patch of light, the ring looks small and white Out in the blackness, out in the blackness You can feel a hundred thousand eyes filling the night Cigarettes are blinking in the dark And making little sparks around the baseball park People are quiet, then there's a riot! Someone throws a punch and lands it smack right on the mark Someone's hurt, you kind of think it's you You fall across the ropes, that's all you want to do When you look around and see a trainer's eye He's begging you to see it through They say, "Remember, big boy, you must remember Stand up and fight until you hear the bell Stand toe to toe, trade blow for blow And keep punching till you make your punches tell And show that crowd what you know Until you hear that bell, that final bell Stand up and fight like hell! Stand up and fight! Stand up and fight! And fight like hell!"