A woman can only lean so long   'Til the sense of who she is is gone   I had a man that I leaned on for years   I know he thought I'd never leave   And I never really did believe   That I would ever get from him to here      Then I walked along   And it made me strong   To stand on my own and face my fears   I had to go through hell   But I found myself   On the long hard road   From him to here      There were no signs to point the way   It was step by step and day by day   At times my faith just seemed to disappear   But I never thought of turning back   A woman's pride won't stand for that   And I was bound to get from him to here      Then I walked along   And it made me strong   To stand on my own and face my fears   I had to go through hell   But I found myself   On the long hard road   From him to here      Then I walked along   And it made me strong   To stand on my own and face my fears   I had to go through hell   But I found myself   On the long hard road   From him to here