Elvis Presley - Only The Strong Survive lyrics

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