Ik leef mijn eigen leven [English translation]

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