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