You can live your life of ease   If you obey the hierarchy   I never could see, I never knew why   I shouldn't stand and speak my mind   You keep your mouth shut and your ok   You get to live through one more day   But I had to say this   And I had to say that   And they stuck a knife right in my back   Closed the lid to bury me   But while there's still   A breath of life in me   Left me for dead   But there's no way that I   Will ever give in   I will survive   Traitors prosper, rebels die   And then they say   He was no friend of mine   Oh I never say no when I want to say yes   I never go along and vote for the obvious   Just because of my   Point of view   My expiry date's long overdue   Oh you never can tell   What's going on in their minds   They write your death warrant   But return your smile   While there's still a breath in me   I will not lie down   They won't get me   Left me for dead   There's no way that I   Will ever give in   I will survive   I will survive   While there's still a breath in me   I won't lie down   They won't get me   Left me for dead   There's no way that I   Will ever give in   I will survive   While there's still a breath in me   I won't lie down   They won't get me     [Written and Arranged Glenn Tipton (c 1996 EMI Songs Ltd., ASCAP)]