Got a call from an old friend we`d used to be real close
Said he couldn`t go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.

I don`t need you to worry for me cause I`m allright
I don`t want you to tell me it`s time to come home
I don`t care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circ**stance
I still belong
Don`t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time

They will tell you you can`t sleep alone in a strange place
Then they`ll tell you can`t sleep with somebody else
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it`s O.K. you wake up with yourself