Well, I heard some people
talking just the other day 
and they said you were gonna put me on a shelf.
But let me tell you 
I got some news for you 
and you'll soon find out it's true 
and then you'll have to eat 
your lunch all by yourself. 
Cause I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong, 
I will sing this victory song, 
woo, hoo, hoo, woo, hoo, hoo. 

The letter that you wrote me 
made me stop and wonder why 
but I guess you felt like you had 
to set things right. 
Just remember this, my girl, 
when you look up in the sky, 
you can see the stars and still not see the light 
(that's right). 
And I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong.  
I will sing this victory song.

Well, 
I know it wasn't you who held me down. 
Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free. 
So often times it happens t
hat we live our lives in chains 
and we never even know we have the key. 
But me, I'm already gone 
and I'm feeling strong. 
I will sing this victory song 
cause I'm already gone. 
Yes, I'm already gone 
and I'm feeling strong. 
I will sing this victory song 
cause I'm already gone. 
Yes, I'm already gone, already gone, 
all right, nighty-night...