[INTRO 1]
     N.C.
          
          
          

[INTRO 2]
         
         

[VERSE 1]
             
  Got a call f

        
rom an old fri


end
              
We used to be 

                 
real close
             
  Said he coul

              
dn't go on the

               
 American way
             
  Closed the s

              
hop, sold the 

  
house
              
Bought a ticke

          
t to the West 

Coast
             
  Now he gives

              
 them a stand-

              
up routine in 

   
L.A.

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 1]
         
         

[CHORUS 1]
             
  I don't need

          
 you to worry 

              
for me cause I

                                   
'm alright
             
  I don't want

              
 you to tell m

              
e it's time to

           
 come home
             
  I don't care

           
 what you say 

         
      anymore,

             
 this is my li

              
fe
             
  Go ahead wit

              
h your own lif

              
e, and leave m

   
e alone

[BRIDGE 1]
              
I never said y

              
ou had to offe

       
r me a second 

chance
            
   I never sai

              
d I was a vict

       
im of circumst

ance
            
   I still bel

       
ong,      don'

          
t get me wrong
    
   And you can

 speak your mi

nd
        
But not  on my

  
   time

[VERSE 2]
             
  They will te

            
ll you you can

        
't sleep alone

             
 in a strange 

                
place
             
  Then they'll

              
 tell you you 

              
can't sleep wi

             
th somebody el

    
se
             
  But sooner o

      
r later     yo

              
u sleep in you

                  
r own space
             
  Either way i

              
t's okay you w

              
ake up with yo

      
urself

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 2]
         
         

[CHORUS 3]
             
  I don't need

         
 you to worry 

/           
for me cause I

      
'm alright
             
  I don't want

              
 you to tell m

              
e it's time to

             
 come home
             
  I don't care

           
 what you say 

         
       anymore

             
, this is my l

          
ife
             
  Go ahead wit

              
h your own lif

              
e, and leave m

    
e alone

[BRIDGE 2]
              
I never said y

              
ou had to offe

       
r me a second 

chance
            
   I never sai

              
d I was a vict

        
im of circumst

ance
            
   I still bel

       
ong,      don'

           
t get me wrong

   And you can

 speak your mi

nd
        
But not  on my

  
   time

[PIANO SOLO]
        
          

[CHORUS 4]
             
  I don't care

           
 what you say 

#             
  anymore, thi

                  
s is my life
             
  Go ahead wit

              
h your own lif

              
e, and leave m

    
e alone

[OUTRO FADEOUT]
     
      
(Keep     it t

            
o yourself, it

    
's  my life)
    
      
(Keep     it t

            
o yourself, it

    
's  my life)
    
      
(Keep     it t

            
o yourself, it

    
's  my life)
   
      
(Keep     it t

            
o yourself, it

    
's  my life)