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I remember my first love affair |
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Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong |
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My mama had some great advice |
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So I thought I'd put it into words of this song |
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I can still hear her sayin' |
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Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone |
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Cryin' your eyes out 'cause the woman that you love is gone |
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Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life |
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Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cause only the strong survive |
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That's what she said, "Only the strong survive |
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Only the strong survive" |
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Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on |
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Don't go all around with your head hung down |
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Well I wouldn't let that little girl |
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No, I wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown |
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There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you |
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Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now |
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And say that your life is through |
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Then she said, "Only the strong survive |
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Only the strong survive |
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You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand" |
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So I'm telling you right now only the strong survive |
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Only the strong survive |
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Hey, you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on |
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Don't worry about it, don't you know that things are gonna change |
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Oh, but you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand |
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Don't ever feel that, you can make it baby |
