1.Only the strong survive

I see you sittin' there all alone
Crying your eyes out
While everything's going wrong
You know there's gonna be
A whole lot of trouble in your life
Listen to me, get up off your knees
'Cause only the strong survive

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Hey, you gotta be strong
You gotta hold on
I said don't give up, no don't

I said don't go around
With your head looking down
Dont you let'em make you feel like a clown
There's a lot of opportunity
Out there just waiting for you
But you'll never succeed if you've given up
And say your life is through
Listen this minute what I'm tellin' you

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
I Hey, you gotta be strong
Gotta hold on
You gotta be a man, take a stand

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive

Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on gettin' on

'Cause only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta be strong
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep goin' on

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta be a man
You gotta take a stand

Get up, set your body in motion
You knnw the strong survive
Wake up and get your education
So you can keep your family alive
Get away from negative situations
It can only bring you a lot of frustrations
'Cause only the strong survive

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2.Thanks For Saving My Life

Thanks for savin’ my life
For pickin’ me up
Dusting me off
Making me feel like I’m living again

I’m so glad I ran into you
If I hadn’t seen you I would have been through
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Could not stand anymore
I could never, never, never, never repay you

I’m so grateful for all of the things you’ve done for me
Especially listened to my problems, then savin’ me from misery

I just wanna say thank you, baby, for savin’ my life
For pickin’ me up
Dusting me off
Making me feel like I’m living again

I’m so glad you came along
You stopped me from singing that sad, sad song, mmm
You’re the one who erased the pain
My life would never be the same
You’re the very one, the only one that I’ve been waitin’ for

I want to thank you for listenin’ to all of my problems
And being my shelter in and out of the storm

I just wanna say thank you, baby, for savin’ my life
For pickin’ me up
Dusting me off
Putting me all back together, together, together

I can live since I found you, baby
Now I can live since I got you back, baby

I just wanna say thank you, baby, for savin’ this man
Don’t you understand what you’re doin’ to me, baby
We both hooked up, we played together
I can’t live, I can’t live with you, babe, and didn’t you, didn’t you, didn’t you

Didn’t you thank me, baby
I want to thank for saving my life

3.Your Song

It’s a little bit funny, Lord, this feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can easily hide
I don’t have much money but, boy, if I did
I’d buy a big mansion where we both could live

If, if I was a sculpture, Lord, honey, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelin’ show
I know it’s not much, I know it’s not much, but it’s the best I can do
You gave a gift, Lord, and I’m gon’ sing it for you

And you can tell everybody that this is your song
It may be quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words,
words
How wonderful life is when you’re in the world, world, world

If, if, if I was on a rooftop I’d kick off my shoes
I’ll write a few verses, and then I get the blues
But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you and people like me
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin’ on

So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do, Lord
You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Your are the sweetest eyes, you’ve got the sweetest eyes
The clearest eyes I’ve ever seen, I hope you know that

I hope you, I hope you wrote back and tell everybody that this is your
song
It may be quite, quite simple but now that’s how it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind, but I wrote down in words,
Lord, words
I’m doin’ it for how wonderful life is when you’re in the world, world,
world

If, if, if I was on a rooftop I’d kick off my shoes
I’ll write a few verses, and then I’ll get the blues
But the sun’s been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you, people like me
I wanna, wanna keep turnin’ on, so excuse me, so excuse me

So excuse me forgetting, Lord, these things I do
You see, you see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue, baby
And anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Your are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
The sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

I hoping you go back, go back and tell everybody that Billy Paul’s got a
song
I’m, I’m gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes
I’m gonna write it, write it, write it
I might come out with the Gospel, the Blues, the Jazz, the Rock and Roll

I’m gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody because
this is my song
It may be quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words,
words
You come on back, you try to try again, try again

Tell everybody that Billy Paul got a song
It may be quite, quite simple but that’s how it’s done, baby
I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind what I wrote down in words
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it

Get back, get, got, oh, ho