You've lived your life and how you survived   I'll never know people talk of hardships   What do they know what do they know?   Of the strength you had to show      To stop yourself from crying out   To keep you head above the sand   Those times when you were in dispair   When trouble seemed your only friend      Somehow you kept your spirits high   You told him straight don't call again   Now there were times, when it seemed I didn't care   Don't misjudge my silence you had my sympathy   I had sympathy and I admired how you      Stopped yourself from crying   Kept your head above the sand   When trouble seemed your only friend      Somehow you kept your spirits high   You told him straight don't call again   And now the future's looking bright   You fought alone and won the fight kept your faith      When times were hard you made it through   Trouble seemed your only friend   Somehow you kept your spirits high      You stopped yourself from crying out   You kept your head above the sand   Those times when you were in despair   Trouble seemed your only friend      Somehow you kept your spirits high   You told him straight don't call again