Only The Strong Survive

(Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill)

When you`re always chasing rainbows

and you might not know which way the wind blows

You say your lucky day is comin`

Until that day you`re just slummin`

So you wait and you wait but the signal don`t change

Watching TV daily there is no sign

You read your horoscope

But ahh, it would appear there is no hope

So what?

Who cares?

Gotta put a handle

on your fear

A man comes

And a man goes

And he always leaves alone

Only the strong survive

You better wake up from that fantasy

It`s time to open your eyes

Don`t be afraid to see what you might see

The years roll by and the boy feels cheated

He fights back hard, his youth`s retreated

He lets his hair grow, gets a sports car

But he knows that won`t go so far

It`s too bad

It`s real sad

You lost the best thing

You ever had

You had some hope

And you had the youth

But now you`ll never

know the truth

Only the strong survive

You better wake up from that fantasy

I think it`s time to open your eyes

Don`t be afraid to see what you might see

Only the strong survive

Don`t ever let it get you down

Oh, I can`t sympathize

If you expect to stick around

So what?

Who cares?

Better put a handle

On your fear

A man comes

And a man goes

And he always leaves alone

Only the strong survive

You better wake up from that fantasy

I think it`s time you opened your eyes

Don`t be afraid to see what you might see

Only the strong survive

Don`t ever let it get you down

I think it`s time to open your eyes

If you expect to stick around

Only the strong survive

You better wake up from that fantasy

I think it`s time that you opened your eyes

Don`t be afraid to see what you might see