When I was born
I could have wound up dead
My umbilical cord
Was wrapped around my neck
But I survived, I survived
I survived, I survived
When I was a boy
My neighbor found a gun
He thought it was a toy
And pulled the trigger
But I'm alive, I'm alive
I survived, I'm alive
When I was in college
The guys downstairs got really drunk one night
And passed out with the space heater on
And when I got up for class the next morning
I smelled the smoke and I heard the alarm
So I went downstairs and I broke down the door
I put out the fire and saved their lives
And mine
And the house
And of course
We're alive, we survived
We all survived, we're all alive
I survived, they survived
You survived, we're alive