this is dedicated to my girls at first i was afraid i was petrified kept thinking i could never live without you by my side then i spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong and i grew strong and i learned how to get along and so you re back from outer 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 had 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 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 for 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 i ll survive i will survive hey hey hey hey every day oh yeah  it took all the strength i had not to fall apart just trying hard to mend 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 but 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 goodbyes you think i d crumble did 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 and i ve got all my love to give i ll survive i will survive hey hey go 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 did you think i d crumble did 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 and i ve got all my love to give i ll survive i will survive i will survive hey every day yeah yeah oh yeah ooh i will survive yeah locka locka locka boom boom i ve got all my love to give i ve got all my life to live my living is not in vain oh no yeah oh i will survive i will survive hey i will survive i will survive hey hey i m good i m good i will survive i will 