Lyrics to
Only The Strong Survive

This version of Only The Strong Survive was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1979.

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You may not know this but you are everything you’ve ever needed.
Heaven with a touch of New York. Silver with a touch of gold.
And I can see where you’re goin’, but I don’t really know the way.
It’s got too many changes, too much rearranging,
Too many ways to go astray.
So if you wanna go, let me go along
I never walked that road alone
I heard it was hard
I heard it was long
But we’ll come back alive
‘Cause only the strong survive

You walk on a wire, make a game of desire, pitchin’ pennies down a wishing well.
You’re leading the blind through there high and low times, but baby can you lead yourself?
So calm down, honey, forget about the money. If you need me I’ll always be there.
Go ride your high horse alone of course
‘Cause if you need me I’ll always care

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The lyrics for Only The Strong Survive are defined as the words making up the song released by Reo Speedwagon in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Only The Strong Survive have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Reo Speedwagon and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Only The Strong Survive by Reo Speedwagon if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Only The Strong Survive" means the words set to the music of Only The Strong Survive, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Only The Strong Survive and the lyrics to Only The Strong Survive are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Only The Strong Survive, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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