I remember my first love affair

Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong

My mamma had some great advice

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

I can still hear her sayin' it



Boy, Oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone

Cryin' your eyes out 'cos the woman that you love has 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 'cos 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 lookin' 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

Yes she said: Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

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



Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

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

'Cos only the strong survive

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,

Well, you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand

Only the strong survive, only the strong survive