Stand Back

Nicks has often told the story of how she wrote the song. She wrote it shortly after she was married to Kim Anderson. The newlyweds were driving up to San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara when Prince's song "Little Red Corvette" came on the radio. Nicks started humming along to the melody, especially inspired by the lush synthesizers of the song, and "Stand Back" was born. They stopped and got a tape recorder and she recorded the demo in the honeymoon suite that night. Later, when Nicks went into the studio to record the song, she called Prince and told him the story of how she wrote the song to his melody. He came to the studio that night and played synthesizers on it, although his contribution is uncredited on the album. Then, she says, "he just got up and left as if the whole thing happened in a dream."[1] Prince is occasionally listed as the song's co-writer, especially on mainland European releases.

[Verse 1] No one looked as I walked by Just an invitation would have been just fine Said no to him again and again First, he took my heart, then he ran No one knows how I feel What I say, unless you read between my lines One man walked away from me First he took my hand Take me home [Chorus] Stand back, stand back In the middle of my room, I did not hear from you It's alright, it's alright To be standing in a line (Standing in a line) To be standing in a line I would cry [Post-Chorus] La la la la la la la la la La la La la la la la [Verse 2] Do not turn away my friend Like a willow, I can bend No man calls my name No man came So, I walked on down, away from you Maybe your attention was more than you could do One man did not call He asked me for my love, and that was all [Chorus] Stand back, stand back In the middle of my room, I did not hear from you It's alright, it's alright To be standing in a line (Standing in a line) To be standing in a line I would cry [Post-Chorus] La la la la la la la la la La la La la la la la la la Doo-doo, doo-doo La la la la la la la la la La la la la La la la la la, wo-ah [Breakdown] So, I walked, walked down the line, away from you Maybe your attention was more than I could do One man did not call Well, he asked me for my love, that was all [Chorus] Stand back, stand back In the middle of my room, I did not hear from you It's alright, it's alright To be standing in a line (Standing in a line) To be standing in a line I would cry [Outro] Need a little, need a little sympathy Well, I need a little sympathy (Cry) Well, I need a little sympathy Well, you could be standing in (Stand back) Well, you could be standing in (Stand back) Well, you could be standing in (Stand back) Take me home Take me home (Stand back) Won't you take me home? Well, I need a little sympathy (Stand back) Well, you could be standing in (Stand back) Why don't you take me home? Why don't you take me home? (Stand back) Take me home (Alright) Take me home (Alright)