Whoa-oh-oh here I am, on my knees again
I'll do anything, just to make it right
Say you'll understand, oh, I know you can
C'mon Marianne (c'mon Marianne)

No matter what people say (people say)
It didn't happen that way (happen that way)
She was a passing fling (passing fling)
And not a permanent thing (permanent thing)

Say you'll understand (understand)
Oh I know you can (know you can)
C'mon Marianne, c'mon Marianne, c'mon Marianne
Say you can understand, my Marianne (Marianne, Marianne, Marianne)

Well now your big brown eyes (big brown eyes)
Are all full of tears (full of tears)
From the bitterness (bitterness)
Of my cheatin' years (of my cheatin' years)

So I hang my head (hang my head)
Wish that I was dead (I was dead)
C'mon Marianne, c'mon Marianne, c'mon Marianne
Think you've got the best of me

Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back

Baby you don't know me cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

What does not kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
Whoa-ho-ho here I am, on my knees again

I'll do anything, just to make, it, right
Say you'll understand, oh I know you can
C'mon Marianne
Don't think that I'd come back
I'd come back swinging

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone

What doesn't kill you makes you, stronger, stronger!
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Well now it's time to say goodbye, bye-bye!