[Intro]
   
    

[Verse]

Got a call fro

m an old frien

d
              
We used to be 


real close
             
Said he couldn

              
't go on the A

            
merican way

Closed the sho

p, sold the ho

use
              
Bought a ticke

         
t to the West 

Coast
             
Now he gives t

              
hem a stand-up

              
 routine in L.

      
A.


[Chorus]
             
I don't need y

              
ou to worry fo

              
r me cause I'm

 
 alright
             
I don't want y

              
ou to tell me 

              
it's time to c

           
ome home
             
I don't care w

              
hat you say an

              
ymore, this is

          
 my life
             
Go ahead with 

              
your own life,

              
 and leave me 


alone
              
I never said y

              
ou had to offe

       
r me a second 

chance
            
I never said I

              
 was a victim 

   
of circumstanc

e
            
I still belong

           
, don't get me

 
 wrong
      
And you can sp

eak your mind
           
But not on my 


time


[Verse]
             
They will tell

              
 you you can't

              
 sleep alone i

             
n a strange pl

      
ace
             
Then they'll t

              
ell you you ca

              
n't sleep with

                
 somebody else
             
But sooner or 

              
later you slee

          
p in your own 

space
             
Either way it'

              
s okay you wak

              
e up with your

       
self


[Chorus]
             
I don't need y

              
ou to worry fo

              
r me cause I'm

 
 alright
             
I don't want y

              
ou to tell me 

              
it's time to c

    
ome home
             
I don't care w

              
hat you say an

              
ymore, this is

           
 my life
             
Go ahead with 

              
your own life,

              
 and leave me 


alone
              
I never said y

              
ou had to offe

       
r me a second 

chance
            
I never said I

              
 was a victim 

   
of circumstanc

e
            
I still belong

           
, don't get me

 
 wrong
      
And you can sp

eak your mind
           
But not on my 


time


[Solo]
      


             
I don't care w

              
hat you say an

              
ymore, this is

           
 my life
             
Go ahead with 

              
your own life,

              
 and leave me 

     
alone


[Outro]
Repeat intro and fade