"This is my life" - Billy Joel

Got a call from a friend we'd used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the american way
Closed the shop, sold his 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 circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time

They will tell you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody else
but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourself