Lyrics to
Survive

This version of Survive was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1979.

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I play the stereo loud
When I’m away from the maddening crowd
Smokin’, jokin’, clowns we all are

Sometimes I kinda get real ill
When I receive my monthly telephone bill
But you say it and I’ll pay it
`Cause it helps me to

Survive stay alive
‘Til I see you again
Survive stay alive
Can’t say where it ends

Clouds lift and there are mountains below
Been a while since I’ve seen any snow
Chillin’ so thrillin’ so good to be back

Feels nice to be home for a while
Let’s sip champagne til we break into smiles
We’ll go dancin’ romancin’
`Cause your the reason I
Survived stayed alive
Through the thick and the thin
Survive stay alive
When will it all end

But my bags ain’t unpacked
`Cause I’ve got to go back and play
But I know we’ll both

Survive stay alive
Through the thick and the thin
Survive stay alive
Until it all ends

Survive stay alive
When will it all end
Survive stay alive
Till I see you again

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About Lyrics and Survive by Jimmy Buffett

When you decide to study the lyrics to Survive, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Jimmy Buffett. Some of the lyrics to Survive have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Jimmy Buffett and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Survive if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Survive" means the words set to the music of Survive, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. 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 Survive and the lyrics to Survive are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to Survive, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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