DIANA ROSS - I WILL SURVIVE

I WILL SURVIVE

DIANA ROSS

SONGWRITERS: FREDDIE PERREN & DINO FEKARIS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: TAKE ME HIGHER

LABEL: MOTOWN RECORDS

GENRE: DISCO

YEAR: 2004

"I Will Survive" is a hit song first performed by American Singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. A top-selling song after its initial release, it has remained a popular disco anthem, as well as being certified platinum by the RIAA.

The song's lyrics describe the narrator's discovery of personal strength following an initially devastating breakup. It received heavy airplay in 1979, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart on consecutive weeks. The song is also frequently recalled as a symbol of female strength and as a gay anthem. In 2016, the Library of Congress deemed Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified

Kept thinkin' 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 yourface

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

'Coz you're not welcome anymore

Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?

Did you think I'd crumble?

Did 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

(I, I will survive)

Hey hey

(I, I will survive)

Every day

(I, I will survive)

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 savin' all my lovin'

for someone who's lovin' 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 goodbye?

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

Hey hey

Go now, go walk out the door

Just turn around now

'Coz you're not welcome anymore

Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?

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

(I, I will survive)

Hey

(I, I will survive)

Every day

(I, I will survive)

Yeah yeah

(I, I will survive)

Oh

(I, I will survive)

I will survive

(I, I will survive)

(I, I will survive)

I've got all my love to give

(I, I will survive)

I've got all my life to live

(I, I will survive)

My loving is not in vain, oh no

(I, I will survive)

I will survive

(I, I will survive)

I will survive

(I, I will survive)

Hey

(repeat to end).