Of father you've been my friend Now that I'm in trouble Stand by me to the end, ohoh I want you to stand by Stand by Well All of my money and my friends are gone God I'm in a mean world And I'm so all alone, ohoh I need you Jesus Stand by Stand by Well They tell me that Samson killed in ancient times I know that you helped him kill 10, 000 philistines, oh Whoa I need you Stand by Stand by Here's another thing They tell me that they put Daniel Down in the lion's den I know you went down there father You feed Daniel once again That's why I said Do me like you did Daniel And stand by Stand by Well Sometimes I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders And it's all in vain When I begin to feel weak along the way You come and you give me strength again The Hebrew children have been in fire Ten times hotter that it ought to be Just like you delivered them father I know you can deliver me, Oh Lord I'm calling you Jesus Stand by Stand by When I'm sick father Stand by When they doctor walk away from my bedside Stand by me father When it seem like I don't have a friend I wonder would you be my friend Stand closer Stand by