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niyad

(119,917 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 01:06 PM Aug 2017

"lullaby for myself" barbra streisand



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 porkchops
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 you're earning
Doesn't mean it's twice the fun
If you spend your 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.
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"lullaby for myself" barbra streisand (Original Post) niyad Aug 2017 OP
Just discovered this post... llmart Nov 2017 #1
I have loved that song for many years. niyad Nov 2017 #2

llmart

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1. Just discovered this post...
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 05:10 PM
Nov 2017

I have been a lifelong Barbra Streisand fan. She's another gutsy woman!!

These lyrics are powerful.

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