You may keep me in In between your walls Ban me from traveling And tell me not to sing And you may have your thoughts A sketch of who I am A notion you've conceived A sight you want to see But you don't know me No, you don't know me You claim to walk in love Though mercy is your foe You've already dug a grave Now you hope I misbehave You say you know the cause Of every shattered dream Even when there's none to blame You always shout my name But I don't owe you I've never owed you You may keep me here You seem to know just how To pin me to the ground Each time you come around Take away my home Obscuring what I am And plague me all night long And lay claim to Freedom's song But you don't own me No, you don't own me You don't own me You don't own me

You don't own me You don't own me Well, let's go But I'm Gerald and I can always have just what I want She's the baddest I would love to flaunt Take her shopping, you know Yves Saint Laurent But nope, she ain't with it though All because she got her own dough Boss bossed if you don't know She could never ever be a broke hoe You don't own me I'm not just one of your many toys You don't own me Don't say I can't go with other boys Don't tell me what to do And don't tell me what to say Please, when I go out with you Don't put me on display You don't own me Don't try to change me in any way You don't own me Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay Don't tell me what to do And don't tell me what to say Please, when I go out with you Don't put me on display Re-really though, honestly I get bored of basic (no) She's the baddest, straight up vicious, texting her and asking her If she's alone and if she'd send some pictures, she said no (what) Well goddamn, she said come over and see it for yourself Never asking for your help, independent woman She ain't for the shelf Nah, she's the one Smoke with her until the (ah) Stayin' up until we see the sun Baddest ever, I swear she do it better than I've ever seen it done Never borrow, she ain't ever loan That's when she told me she ain't Never ever ever ever gonna be owned I don't tell you what to say I don't tell you what to do So just let me be myself That's all I ask of you I'm young and I love to be young And I'm free and I love to be free To live my life the way I want To say and do whatever I please Hey, hey (you don't own me) Oh, no (okay) Oh, no, no (you don't own me) Oh, no, no, no Don't, do don't Hey (you don't own me) But just know, you never met somebody like me before though (You don't own me) Easy You don't own me

I think that it's high time we had a talk I think that we're making a big mistake I've been feeling lately the magic is gone Are we just together for convenience sake, baby I don't believe it (feeling) I don't think that's true (tied down) It'll just pass if we allow it to (need to break free) It's just a stage we're going through (they say clean cuts) I think you're just restless for something new (heal much faster) Baby, Feeling like we pay our dime And all we get in return Is a piece of each other's time Are we just Taxi Dancing Lost somewhere in a slow dance for two And the band that was playing Has finally stopped playing our favorite song Are we just Taxi Dancing You're paying for me and I'm paying for you And are we holding on to a feeling With desperation Ohhh Don't know if you're right Don't know if you're wrong Seems to me we haven't danced long Don't make it hard (I won't) Don't make it easy (hold you) We'll just walk away (if you) At the end of the song (must go) Baby, Put one last nickel in the jukebox Give that love we once felt Just one final spin around 'Cause we're just Taxi Dancing Lost somewhere in a slow dance for two And the band that was playing Has finally stopped playing our favorite song And we're just dancing And the band that was playing Has finally stopped playing our favorite song Are we just Taxi Dancing You're paying for me and I'm paying for you And are we holding on to each other in desperation Taxi Dancing

Talk about life, imitating art Well I was sure that I heard the Director yell, "Take it from the start" And I could feel my body crushing yours Camera dollied into place Your husband's in the front row, I couldn't look him in the face Part of the pleasure was that it felt so wrong But it grew too fast, too strong Don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? They're blaming it all on me I'm blaming it all on love Well don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? Just a little sexual tension Under the guise of love Young and tragic, I really felt the part While we were sweating and screaming tearin' out his heart Well I was sure I heard the wind and the wires Crying in sympathy For star-crossed lovers, Ally that ain't you or me Part of the pleasure was that it felt so wrong But it grew too fast, too strong Don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? They're blaming it all on me I'm blaming it all on love Well don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? Just a little sexual tension Under the guise of love For a limited run in to your local bedroom We knew the curtain would be coming down soon Reviews were mixed, the press was unkind Ally I hope they will forgive us in time, in time Part of the attraction was that we knew it couldn't last So we closed our eyes and held on Don't you thing your friends are talking Alyson? Who were we trying to fool? What was I thinking of? Don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? They're blaming it all on me I'm blaming it all on love Well don't you think your friends are talking Alyson? Just a little sexual tension Under the guise of love

Been burned and with both feet on the ground I've learned that it's painful comin' down No use runnin' away And there's no time left to stay Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin' No time left and I know I'm losin' Flashed and I think I'm fallin' down Crashed and my ears can't hear a sound No use runnin' away And there's no time left to stay Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin' No time left and I know I'm losin' Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin' No time left and I know I'm losin' Burned and with both feet on the ground I've learned that it's painful comin' down No use runnin' away And there's no time left to stay Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin' No time left and I know I'm losin'