At first I was afraid,
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong,
and I learned how to get along
And saw your back from out of space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock,
I should have made you leave your key
If I'd have known
for just one second
you'd be back to bother me
Oh now go, walk out the door,
just turn around now
Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
to hurt me with goodbye?
If you think I crumble,
if you think I lay down and die,
oh, no, not I.
I will survive.
Oh, as long as I know how to love,
I know I'll stay alive.
I've got all my life to live.
I've got all my love to give.
I'll survive.
I will survive.
Hey, hey.
It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
The trying hard to mend the pieces
of my broken heart
And I've been oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry,
but now I hold my head up high and you see me
Somebody new
I'm not that chained up
little person still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
Now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me
Go on now, go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
to break me with these vines?
You think I'd crumble?
You think I'd lay down and die?
Oh, you think that I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Oh
Go on now, go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to
break me with your fire?
You think I should rumble?
You think I should lay down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love
I know how to feel alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
But I grew strong,
and I learned how to get along
So you're back from out of space
I just walked in to find you here
With that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I'd have known for
just one second
You'd be back to bother me
Go on now, go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
Cause you're not welcome anymore
Well, you're the one who tried
to hurt me with goodbye
You think I can rumble
You think I can lay down and die
Oh, no, not I
I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive
It took all the dreams
I had not to fall apart
Kept trying to watch them
in the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry,
but now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new
I'm not that chained up
little person still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
Now I'm saving all my lovin'
for someone who's lovin' me
Go on now, go!
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
Cause you're not wel
come anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt
me with goodbyes?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Oh, did you think I'd break down and die?
Oh, no, not I.
I will survive.
Oh, as long as I know how to love,
I know I'll alive.
I've got all my life to live.
And I've got all my love to give.
And I'll survive.
I will survive.
I will survive.
Go on now, go!
Walk out the door!
Just turn around now
Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
To break me with goodbyes?
You think I'd crumble
You think I'd lay down and die
Oh no not I
I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got so much love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Honey I'll survive
Oh now go, walk out the door,
just turn around now,
cause you're not wel
come anymore.
Weren't you the one who tried
to break me with your lies?
You I crumble,
you think I lay down and die?
Oh, no, Lord, I, I will survive
Oh, in the long end, I know how to love
I know I can't lie
I've got all my life to live
I've got so much love to give
I'll survive
Yes, I'll survive
Yeah, I'll survive