I've never built a coffee table, birdhouse, or a chair where I could sit My hands don't show a lifetime of pain, or sweat, or sacrifice, or grit I've placed upon the mantle some photographs of moments I was in But I didn't build the picture frames, I can't tell you where they've been What I've built is who I am I'm rough around the edges, but I'm still standing I'm still standing, I'm standing on my own I built myself out of blood and bone And I'm standing on my own I've taken it for granted that I am where I am 'cause of where I been That everything that's happened to me brought me here so I could live again And sure there's things I've never done like raise a child or read "Of Mice and Men" It's hard enough to make a man that anyone would want to call a friend What I've built is who I am And I'm rough around the edges, but I'm still standing I'm still standing, I'm standing on my own Someday I'm gonna build myself a home 'Cause I'm standing on my own Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh I'm still standing, I'm standing on my own Someday I'm gonna build myself a home Cause I'm standing on my own I built myself out of blood and bone And I'm standing on my own Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh