WAY TO SURVIVE
(Hank Cochran / Moneen Carpenter)


Ray Price - 1966
Dottie West - 1966
Johnny Bush - 1967
Roy Clark - 1968





For me it's a way to survive

I look at your picture too often
It helps keep your mem'ry alive
It's not healthy, they say, to relive yesterday
But for me it's a way to survive

I must cling to what's gone if I'm to go on
I can't face the future, I've tried
Perhaps for the rest, looking back isn't best
But for me it's a way to survive

When my heart aches, then I read all your letters
And somehow it keeps me alive
They say I can't last if I live in the past
But for me it's a way to survive

I must cling to what's gone if I'm to go on
I can't face the future, 'cause I've tried
Perhaps for the rest, looking back isn't best
But for me it's a way to survive






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2012)