Only The Strong Survive

Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler

I remember my first love affair

Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong

My mama had some great advice

So i thought i'd put it into words of this song

I can still hear her sayin'

Boy oh i see you're sittin' out there all alone

Cryin' your eyes out 'cause the woman that you love is gone

Oh there's gonna be there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life

Oh so listen to me get up off your knees 'cause only the strong survive

That's what she said only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

Oh you've got to be strong you'd better hold on

Don't go all around with your head hung down

Well i wouldn't let that little girl

No i wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown

There's a whole lot a girls looking' for a good man like you

Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now

And say that your life is through

Then she said only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

You've got to be a man you've got to take a stand

So i'm telling you right now only the strong survive

Only the strong survive

Hey you've got to be strong you'd better hold on

Don't worry about it don't you know that things are gonna change

Oh but you've got to be a man you've got to take a stand

Don't ever feel that you can make it baby