i will survive first i was afraid i was petrified kept thinking i could never live without you by my side but i spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong and i grew strong and i learned how to carry on 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 my 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 hurt me with goodbye you think i d crumble you think i d lay down and die oh no not i i will survive as long as i know how to love i know i will stay alive i ve got all my life to live i ve got all my love to give and i ll survive i will survive it took all the strength i had not to fall apart kept 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 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