Self-contained and self-content
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No promises to keep
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I've got things so together
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That I just can't fall asleep
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Walked the night and drank the moon
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Got home at half past four
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And I knew that no one marked my time
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As I unlocked my door
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It's really lovely to discover
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That you like to be alone
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Not to owe your man an answer
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When he gets you on the phone
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Not to share a pair of pork chops
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When you crave champagne and cheese
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And your aim becomes to please yourself
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And not to aim to please
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Oh they sold me when they told me
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Two can live as cheap as one
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But I'm learning twice your earning
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Doesn't mean it's twice the fun
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If you spend each dime and all your time
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On someone else's schemes
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I'm not needy but I'm greedy
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And I live my deepest dreams
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Take an hour in the shower
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Use the water while it's hot in the tub
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A hand to scrub my back
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Is all I haven't got
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Self-aware with self-esteem
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Is selfishness a crime
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I take the day for quite a ride
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And I take my own sweet time
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Time to spare and time to share
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And grateful I would be
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If just one damn man
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Would share the need
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To be alone with me
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Lullaby For Myself
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Barbra Streisand |