You’ll Never Get to Me

[Intro]

Oh!

[Verse 1]

Sea of hurt, I feel the waves of pain

And now the tides come in again

I'm caught in a vicious cycle of despair

Give me the courage to face another day

Oh!

[Chorus]

Oh, sing a song of joy

Sweet childhood, never desert me

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation

I'll never let you get to me

Survival is my victory

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation

[Verse 2]

I sighed in silence - I was mourning

I said sorry a thousand times

I cried aloud to God for all my failings

But God seemed deaf as well as blind

Oh!

[Chorus]

Oh, sing a song of joy

Sweet childhood, never desert me

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation

I'll never let you get to me

Survival is my victory

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation

[Verse 3]

We drank and smoked and talked until the dawn

We shared our problems and our food

Telling tales of courage and resolution

Through all the hardships we'd endured

Oh!

[Chorus]

Oh, sing a song of joy

Sweet childhood, never desert me

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation

I'll never let you get to me

Survival is my victory

Time for celebration, oh!

Overcome with a sense of elation