To win you must fight, or so they say
 But with love things never seem to work that way.
 With love you can't win
 If love can't get in
 And it can't pierce the heart of a defender.
 To win in love you must surrender.

 If you're angry then you can't surrender, no.
 Your unwilling surrender's just a show
 And unwillingly sweet means certain defeat
 Better a fighter than a soft-spoken contender
 To win in love you must surrender.

 Now, I can be stubborn and draw the line
 But now I've learned to pray thy will and not mine
 Love has softened my heart and softened me
 It's softened my eyes on the things they see
 And my cheek has got much
 Softer to the touch
 Since I learned to be receiver as well as sender.
 To win in love you must surrender.

 I ask at night when the world is still
 Be it done unto me according to thy will.
 To summon Gabriel and Michaelangelo
 Or to compete with Juliet or Romeo
 Your armor, so strong
 Is strategically wrong
 Victory goes this time to the tender.
 To win in love you must surrender.
 To win in love you must surrender, surrender, surrender, surrender...
 Surrender.