Lullaby for Myself lyrics

Self-contained and self-content

No promises to keep

I've got things so together

That I just can't fall asleep

Walked the night and drank the moon

Got home at half past four

And I knew that no one marked my time

As I unlocked my door

It's really lovely to discover

That you like to be alone

Not to owe your man an answer

When he gets you on the phone

Not to share a pair of pork chops

When you crave champagne and cheese

And your aim becomes to please yourself

And not to aim to please

Oh, they sold me

When they told me

Two can live as cheap as one

But I'm learning

Twice your earning

Doesn't mean it's twice the fun

If you spend each dime

And all your time

On someone else's schemes

I'm not needy

But I'm greedy

And I live my deepest dreams

Take an hour

In the shower

Use the water while it's hot in the tub

A hand to scrub my back

Is all I haven't got

Self-aware with self-esteem

Is selfishness a crime?

I take the day for quite a ride

And I take my own sweet time

Time to spare

And time to share

And grateful I would be

If just one damn man

Would share the need

To be alone with me

• Artist:Barbra Streisand
• Album:Superman (1977)