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You Owe Me Nothing in Return
Alanis Morissette
I’ll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it.
I will give you encouragement to choose the path you want if you need it.
You can speak of anger and doubts, your fears and freak-outs and I’ll hold it.
You can share your so-called "shame-filled" accounts of times in your life and I
won’t judge it.
And there are no strings attached to it.
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.
I give you thanks for receiving, it’s my privilege,
and you owe me nothing in return.
You can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I’ll grant it.
You can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you’ll have it.
You can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I’ll support it.
You can ask for anything you want, anything at all and I’ll understand it.
And there are no strings attached to it.
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.
I give you thanks for receiving, it’s my privilege,
and you owe me nothing in return.
I bet you’re wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop.
I bet you’re wondering when my conditional police will force you to cough up.
I bet you’re wondering how far you have now danced your way back into debt.
This is the only kind of love, as I understand it, that there really is.
You can express your deepest of truths, even if it means I’ll lose you and I’ll
hear it.
You can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss, I’ll empathize with.
You can say that you’ll have to skip town to chase your passion and I’ll hear
it.
You can even hit rock bottom, have a mid-life crisis and I’ll hold it.
And there are no strings attached.
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.
I give you thanks for receiving, it’s my privilege,
and you owe me nothing in return.
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.
I give you thanks for receiving, it’s my privilege,
and you owe me nothing in return.
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My eclectic mistress always impresses me with heart, soul, erudition and/or eroticism. More facets than the Hope Diamond, she is a gem.
Just bought the CD. Make sure you ask Alanis for your cut.
Every step of the way we walk the line
Your days are numbered, so are mine
Time is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrape
We’re all boxed in, nowhere to escape
Bob Dylan
Yelomonkey: I escape to Angela.
Gee, Yelomokey, you show up after all this time and that is all you have to say? Having a bad day? bad week? or what?
And whatever happened to the summer dalliance we’d planned?
I think you need a dose of serious kink … consider it a medical intervention.
*wink*
(You know I’m always delighted when you touch base … you’re one of my favorite-est peoples in the whole wide world.)