I close my eyes and I ponder
And everything whirls through me
Then I view my entire life
I've enjoyed a lot, but I've wept a lot too
But I'll never really regret it
It was always booze, and friends around me
There were always parties
But that was the life as I wanted it then
It was my choice
We used to continue
The nights were long and then you just dropped into bed
Penniless, not a crumb to eat
But you just kept on laughing
I'm looking back now and yet I feel no regret
Those were wonderful years
For whatever I did I never harmed anybody
It's my own life
I just don't get why somebody else gets so fussy
It's my life, it's the way I want to live it
I never quarrel, just leave me alone
I live my life the way I want to
I don't meddle in somebody else's affairs
I live my life the way I want it
Just leave me be before I change all the same
Leave me be, just leave me be