Alone - The Pretenders

What am I gonna do today?

Walk to the newsstand

Check out the war zone

Check the listings to see what’s good on

Oh there’s one I’ve been wanting to see

Anyone here up for a movie?

I am

Nobody tells me I can’t

Nobody tells me I shan’t

No one to say, «You're doing it wrong»

I’m at my best, I’m where I belong: alone

Yeah, I like it

Now I’m out crawling the streets

With the poets and the Greeks and the deadbeats

I’m taking my time sitting on park benches

And all the glamour, it all starts down here

This is where the trends begin

Life’s a canvas, and I’m on it

Nobody tells me I can’t

Nobody tells me I shan’t

No one to say, «You're doing it wrong»

I’m at my best, I’m where I belong: alone

I like it, yeah, I like bein' alone

And the other thing I like to do

Go to the graveyard and hang out with you

Have a smoke and practise my autograph

Then sit back and re-read your epitaph, and it says

«Don't you laugh as you walk by

For as you are so once was I

And as I am so you shall be

Prepare for death and follow me»

Alone, yeah, I like that

I like bein' alone

Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?

Nobody tells me I can’t

Nobody tells me I shan’t

No one to say, «You're doing it wrong»

I’m at my best, I’m where I belong: alone

Yeah, I like it, I like being alone

What are you gonna do about it?

Hm?

Absolutely fuck-all

Yeah, I’ll do whatever I want