My Own Man Lyrics

I'm not a crybaby's mistress, a toy on your wish

Circled in red ink, and give it to ya like it's Christmas

I'm not your mommy, not your savior, not your dog

Can't buy my freedom like it's in a catalog

And I will be damned to let a man play God

In a life of my own, just because he's flawed

So what I learned in life, to get what I so desperately want

I gotta be my own man

Yes, I gotta be my own man

I gotta be my own man

Oh, yes, I gotta

I'm the left hand ticking on the timeless clock

And I see you waiting for the timer to stop

Waiting for me as a woman to fall on my knees

To be the hand that feeds the ego

That gives back mediocrity

So I will be damned to let a man play God

In a life of my own, just because he's flawed

So what I learned in life, to get what I so desperately want

I gotta be my own man

Yes, I gotta be my own man

I gotta be my own man

Oh, yes, I gotta

I gotta be my own man

Yes, I gotta be my own man

I gotta be my own man

Oh, yes, I gotta