[00:02.70]I remember my first love affair
[00:05.82]Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
[00:09.84]My mama had some great advice
[00:11.52]So I thought
[00:12.12]I'd put it into words of this song
[00:14.40]I can still hear her sayin'
[00:15.78]Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
[00:22.47]Cryin' your eyes out 'cause the woman that you love is gone
[00:30.87]Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
[00:40.05]Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cause only the strong survive
[00:47.70]That's what she said, "Only the strong surviveOnly the strong survive"
[00:54.93]Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
[01:00.24]Don't go all around with your head hung down
[01:07.02]Well I wouldn't let that little girl
[01:11.04]No, I wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown
[01:20.46]There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
[01:23.28]Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now
[01:29.28]And say that your life is through
[01:32.10]Then she said, "Only the strong surviveOnly the strong surviveYou've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand"
[01:58.86]So I'm telling you right now only the strong survive
[02:05.97]Only the strong survive
[02:08.31]Hey, you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
[02:13.26]Don't worry about it, don't you know that things are gonna change
[02:17.85]Oh, but you've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
[02:24.87]Don't ever feel that, you can make it baby