[Intro/Fill/Outro] 

     


[Intro]

             
Got a call fro

              
m an old frien

              
d we'd 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 

              
ticket to the 


west coast
             
Now he gives t

              
hem a stand-up

              
 routine in L.

    [
A.


[Chorus 1]

             
I don't need y

              
ou to worry fo

              
r me cause I'm

  
 allright
             
I don't want y

              
ou to tell me 

              
it's time to c

    
ome home


[Chorus 2]

              
I don't care w

              
hat you say an

              
ymore this is 


my life
             
Go ahead with 

              
your own life 

              
leave me alone


[Bridge]

              
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 w


rong

And you can sp

eak your mind
           
But not on my 


time
             
They will tell

              
 you you can't

              
 sleep alone i

    
n a strange pl

ace
             
Then they'll t

              
ell you can't 

              
sleep with som

      
ebody else
              
Ah but sooner 

              
or later you s

             
leep in your o

wn space
             
Either way it'

              
s O.K. you wak

              
e up with your


self