i'm gonna make it (without you)

hey lady

lady

um

i got your message

you wanna talk to me about about something?

yeah

but before you do

uh

i have something i'd like tell you

that might save a little time

now i know why you called me

'cause you figured that

uh

been rushin' one of those funny changes on me

you know

tantalizin'

teasin' me

you know

you can come back in a minute

and i get my hopes up in the air

you just crash

you know

just dash into the floor

well

you can play all those games now

'cause they don't affect me anymore

i can even feel about you and feel no pain

because i realize

in fact

that it was all a game

and you didn't really care about me if you did forgiven me

and took me back

you know

but

uh

it's a game to you

but i'm a changed man now

yeah

yeah i'm the cat that went to phoenix

but i got myself together

i don't drink anymore

you noticed that i don't shake

i hold my head up now

and i can look back on the past

and chalk it up as experience

because

you see

i found out you not the only woman in the world

and there's always a woman out there

that'll take a man's arms and make him forget about the past

and begin to look forward to the future

and i got lucky

i stumbled on one

i finally found somebody

to help me get over you

i've rid myself of all the changes

that you put me through

now that the worst is over

and my life is brand new

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

without you

yes i am

without you

oh yeah

her lips are so much sweeter

and they speak the truth as well

and her love just lifts me higher

just think

and i have it all to myself

all my prayers were answered

and my greatest wish has come true

that's why you hear me sayin'

i'm gonna make it

i can see clearly now

yes i'm gonna make it without you

oh yeah

yeah

yeah

without you

mmm hmm

i never thought that i'd love again

that i'd laugh again at all

once again

i'm a man

i can stand once again

never again would i have to crawl

there's no need in you beggin' me

to give what we once had another try

ain't a way

ain't no way

'cause everything is all over

so you might as well dry your eyes

'cause my heart now belongs to another

and at last

i've learned to live without you

that's why

i'm gonna make it

i said that i'm gonna make it

without you

oh yes i am

i'm gonna make it without you

oh yeah

i finally found somebody

to help me make it

i've learned to live without you

yes i have

yes i have

her lips are so much sweeter

embrace is warmer

her touch is softer

you see i've learned to live without you

i know i'm gonna make it

i know i'm gonna make it without you

girl

my heart belongs to another

oh yeah

you played hard a little too long

yes you did

yes you did

no more tears

this man won't have to cry

i can stand once again

i'm a man once again

i've learned to live without you

girl

i'm gonna make it

i know i'm gonna make it without you

found somebody to talk to me late at night

found somebody who knows how to make me feel alright

that's why i'm gonna make it

she told me i was gonna make it when she showed me

gonna make it without you

oh yes i am

so bye bye

tears a little too late

i can make it

i can make it

i can make it without you

oh yes i can

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it

i'm gonna make it without you

girl