Sweet Survivor Lyrics - Lifelines Live - Peter, Paul & Mary

You have asked me why the days fly by so quickly 

And why each one feels no different from the last? 

And you say that you are fearful for the future 

And you have grown suspicious of the past 

And you wonder if the dreams we shared together 

Have abandoned us or we abandoned them 

And you cast about and try to find new meaning 

So that you can feel that closeness once again 

Carry on my sweet survivor 

Carry on my lonely friend 

Don't give up on the dream and don't you let it end 

Carry on my sweet survivor 

Though you know that something's gone 

For everything that matters, carry on 

You remember when you felt each person mattered 

When we all had to care for all was lost 

But now you see believers turn to cynics 

And you wonder was the struggle worth the cost 

Then you see someone too young to know the difference 

And a veil of isolation in their eyes 

And inside you know you've got to leave them something 

Or the hope for something better slowly dies 

Carry on my sweet survivor 

Carry on my lonely friends 

Don't give up on the dream and don't you let it end 

Carry on my sweet survivor 

Though you know that something's gone 

For everything that matters, carry on 

Carry on my sweet survivor 

You've carried it so long 

So it may come again, carry on 

Carry on, carry on