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[ar:Jerry Butler]
[al:The 50 Best Soul Music Songs Vol.1]
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[00:00.00]Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
[00:01.61]Written by：Kenneth Gam
[00:03.22]I remember my first love affair
[00:06.16]Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
[00:09.60]My mama had some great advice
[00:11.68]So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
[00:14.70]I can still hear her sayin'
[00:16.76]Boy oh I see you're sittin' out there all alone
[00:24.90]Cryin' your eyes out 'cause the woman that you love is gone
[00:32.03]Oh there's gonna be there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
[00:40.17]Oh so listen to me get up off your knees 'cause only the strong survive
[00:46.37]That's what she said "Only the strong survive
[00:51.66]Only the strong survive"
[00:55.71]Oh you've got to be strong you'd better hold on
[01:00.16]Don't go all around with your head hung down
[01:07.47]Well I wouldn't let that little girl
[01:09.47]No I wouldn't let her know that she made me feel like a clown
[01:12.86]
[01:15.53]There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
[01:21.20]
[01:23.56]Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now
[01:27.45]And say that your life is through
[01:29.61]Then she said "Only the strong survive
[01:34.82]Only the strong survive
[01:38.96]You've got to be a man you've got to take a stand"
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[01:56.74]So I'm telling you right now only the strong survive
[02:01.98]Only the strong survive
[02:06.03]Hey you've got to be strong you'd better hold on
[02:10.47]Don't worry about it don't you know that things are gonna change
[02:16.91]Oh but you've got to be a man you've got to take a stand
[02:22.11]Don't ever feel that you can make it baby