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)]