I Might Bend (But I Won’t Break)

I'd known some people, make no mistake
Got behind your back, never to your face
It make no diff'rence what they puttin' down
What you send this way is coming on back around

Sometime you give, sometime you take
But like a proud old tree in a mighty storm
I might bend but I won't break
No, I won't
Ain't gonna break, baby

I've done some gamblin', I played some hunches
I've done some fightin' and took my punches
And when I won, never [?]
And when I lost, I'm still walkin' proud

Sometime you give, sometime you take
But like a proud old tree in a mighty storm
I might bend but I won't break
No, no
Ain't gonna break

Been on the bottom with my nose on the ground
Tryin' to get on up, somebody pulled me down
I'll never give up, baby, that ain't no lie
And where you're goin', just that you try

Sometime you give, sometime you take
But like a proud old tree in a mighty storm
I might bend but I won't break
No, no
I'm like a proud old tree in a mighty storm
I might bend but I won't break
No, I won't
This man ain't gonna break, baby