My life (throw it away if I want to) (Country 1, 1969) (video)

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1. You don't understand the pattern of my life

because my life has got no pattern.

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You don't see and you can't feel the wind

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that's blowing at my back and saying move boy.

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You think this burning fever in my heart is just a folly,

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and I'm throwing away my happiness by leaving you.

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Well, it's my life, throw it away if I want to.

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I've tried my best to plant my feet and stay with you

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but all I feel is roots grow.

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And what man wants a woman who won't satisfy his heart

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and soothe his ego.

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I sleep all day and run all night and you tell me that that ain't right,

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that ain't what the husbands of your friends do.

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but it's my life, throw it away if I want to.

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2. You try to make me think my nonconforming life

has colored me some evil shade,

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you delight and filling up my mind

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with a little bits of guilt you think I oughta feel.

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Well, I'm tired of feeling guilty and I'm tired of having nothing

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and I'm throwing away this life you've had me shackled to.

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It's my life throw, it away if I want to.

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I've tried my best to plant my feet and stay with you

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but all I feel is roots grow.

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And what man wants a woman who won't satisfy his heart

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and soothe his ego.

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I sleep all day and run all night and you tell me that that ain't right,

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that ain't what the husbands of your friends do.

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but it's my life, throw it away if I want to.

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(Bill Anderson)