Only The Strong Survive

I remember my first love affair

Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong

Mother gave me some great advice

So I thought I'd take it and put it in the words of this song

It seems I can still hear the lady saying

Boy, I see you sitting out there all alone

Crying your eyes out

'Cause the woman that you love is gone

There's gonna be some

Whole lot of trouble in your life

But listen to me, get up off your knees

'Cause only the strong survive

The lady said

Only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

Hey, you gotta be strong

You better hold on

Don't go around with your head hung down

I wouldn't let the little girl know

And let her know that she made me feel like a clown

'Cause there are a whole lot of girls

Looking for a good man like you

Hey, but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now

And say your life is through

The lady said

Only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

Hey, you gotta be a man

You gotta take a stand

Only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

Hey, you gotta be strong

You gotta hold on

I don't want you to feel like you can't make it baby

Hey, just try to be a man

Try to take a stand

Every now and then you can hear us sing

I wanna take you higher children

Yeah, see the midgets standing tall

The giants about to fall higher

I do believe that I wanna take you higher children

Yeah, remember I love you

And I think they'll all love you