[00:02.52]I remember my first love affair
[00:05.67]Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
[00:09.66]My mama had some great advice
[00:11.34]So I thought
[00:11.91]I'd put it into words of this song
[00:14.22]I can still hear her sayin'
[00:15.60]Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
[00:22.35]Cryin' your eyes out 'cause the woman that you love is gone
[00:30.63]Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
[00:41.43]Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cause only the strong survive
[00:47.37]That's what she said, "Only the strong surviveOnly the strong survive"
[00:54.57]Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
[00:59.91]Don't go all around with your head hung down
[01:06.36]Well I wouldn't let that little girl
[01:10.65]No, I wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown
[01:17.64]There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
[01:22.86]Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now
[01:28.83]And say that your life is through
[01:31.68]Then she said, "Only the strong surviveOnly the strong surviveYou've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand"
[01:58.35]So I'm telling you right now only the strong survive
[02:04.17]Only the strong survive
[02:07.74]Hey, you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
[02:12.51]Don't worry about it, don't you know that things are gonna change
[02:17.25]Oh, but you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
[02:24.24]Don't ever feel that, you can make it baby