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 rings the bedroom phone
Not to share a pair of pork chops
When you crave champagne and cheese
And your aim becomes to please yourself
And not to aim to please
Oh, he sold me
When he told me
"Two can live as cheap as one"
But I'm learning
Twice your earning
Doesn't mean it's twice the fun
If you spend each dime
And all your time
On someone else's schemes
Now I'm needy
So 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
No lemon
In my lime
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
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 rings the bedroom phone
Not to share a pair of pork chops
When you crave champagne and cheese
And your aim becomes to please yourself
And not to aim to please
Oh, he sold me
When he told me
"Two can live as cheap as one"
But I'm learning
Twice your earning
Doesn't mean it's twice the fun
If you spend each dime
And all your time
On someone else's schemes
Now I'm needy
So 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
No lemon
In my lime
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
more tracks from the album
Songs That Sound Like Movies: The Complete Epic Recordings
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Rifles and Rum
- Studio Musician
- The Man Behind the Woman
- The Place Where Failure Goes
- Who, What, When, Where, Why
- I Don’t Want to Get Over You
- You Make Me Real
- Aw Shucks
- The Last of the Romantics
- For Beginners Only
- Philly
- Queen Bee
- Love Out of Time
- Lullaby for Myself
- Magic Trick
- Deco Lady
- You Burned Yourself Out
- Too Scared to Sing
- Singles
- Widescreen
- Touch and Go
- Terminal
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- Annabella
- Soap Opera
- Brass Knuckles
- Our National Pastime
- Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk
- Second Saxophone
- Phantom of the Opera
- Letters That Cross in the Mail
- Talk
- The One of Us (Demo for A Star Is Born)
From the album
Rupert Holmes popular songs
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
- Terminal
- Nearsighted
- The Mask
- Loved by the One You Love
- Blackjack
- Adventure
- The People That You Never Get to Love
- In You I Trust
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- The O’Brien Girl
- Him (single edit)
- Annabella
- Special Thanks
- Cold
- Soap Opera
- Let’s Get Crazy Tonight
- Him
- Less Is More
- Drop It
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Perfect
- Crowd Pleaser