I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor es una cantante de música disco y soul estadounidense. Tres de sus canciones más conocidas son: I will survive (1979), Never can say goodbye y Can´t take my eyes off you.

Es considerada una de las divas de la música disco de los 70 y 80. Gloria Gaynor nació el 7 de septiembre de 1949 en Newark, New Jersey. Empiezó su carrera con la banda Soul Satisfiers durante los 60. Su primer sencillo se editó en 1965 bajo el título She'll be sorry/Let me go baby.

Por primera vez la letra de una canción (I will survive) se escribe desde el punto de vista de una mujer, arremetiendo a su ex-amante que ya es libre y puede seguir adelante sin él. La canción se convirtió en un himno de la liberación femenina y hoy en día sigue sonando con fuerza en discotecas y karaokes.

Gloria Gaynor encabezó éxito tras éxito y se conviertió en la reina de las pistas de baile durante 20 años. Hoy en día la popularidad de la Gaynor parece haber disminuido aunque sus canciones siguen sonando con la misma fuerza y varias de ellas forman parte de las 100 más imprescindibles según la revista Rolling Stones.

I WILL SURVIVE

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
and I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go
walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Hey hey

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
Just trying hard to mend the pieces
of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you'll see me
Somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's lovin' me

Go on now go
walk out the door

Just turn around now

'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Ooooh
Go on now go
walk out the door

Just turn around now

'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Oh no, not I
I will survive
For as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive!!!!!!!!!!!!!