YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE PATTERN OF MY LIFE
BECAUSE MY LIFE
HAS GOT NO PATTERN
YOU DON'T SEE
AND YOU CAN'T FEEL
THE WIND
THAT'S BLOWING
AT MY BACK
AND SAYING MOVE BOY
YOU THINK
THIS BURNING FEVER
IN MY HEART
IS JUST A FOLLY
AND I'M THROWIN' AWAY
MY HAPPINESS
BY LEAVING YOU
WELL IT'S MY LIFE
THROW IT AWAY
IF I WANT TO
I'VE TRIED MY BEST
TO PLANT MY FEET
AND STAY WITH YOU
BUT ALL I FEEL
IS ROOTS GROW
AND WHAT MAN
WANTS A WOMAN
WHO WON'T SATISFY
HIS HEART
AND SOOTHE HIS EGO
I SLEEP ALL DAY
AND RUN ALL NIGHT
AND YOU TELL ME THAT
THAT AIN'T RIGHT
THAT AIN'T WHAT
THE HUSBANDS
OF YOUR FRIENDS DO
BUT IT'S MY LIFE
THROW IT AWAY
IF I WANT TO
YOU TRY TO MAKE ME
THINK
MY NONCONFORMING LIFE
HAS COLORED ME SOME
EVIL SHADE
YOU DELIGHT IN
FILLING UP MY MIND
WITH LITTLE BITS OF GUILT
YOU THINK I
OUGHTA FEEL
WELL I'M TIRED
OF FEELING GUILTY
AND I'M TIRED
OF HAVING NOTHING
AND I'M THROWIN' AWAY
THIS LIFE YOU'VE HAD ME
SHACKLED TO
IT'S MY LIFE
THROW IT AWAY
IF I WANT TO
I'VE TRIED MY BEST
TO PLANT MY FEET
AND STAY WITH YOU
BUT ALL I FEEL
IS ROOTS GROW
AND WHAT MAN
WANTS A WOMAN
WHO WON'T SATISFY
HIS HEART
AND SOOTHE HIS EGO
I SLEEP ALL DAY
AND RUN ALL NIGHT
AND YOU TELL ME THAT
THAT AIN'T RIGHT
THAT AIN'T WHAT
THE HUSBANDS
OF YOUR FRIENDS DO
BUT IT'S MY LIFE
THROW IT AWAY
IF I WANT TO