On My Own

On My Own

Words and Music by Marilyn Duncan
Published by Soona Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)

I am stubborn, I confess, when I work a crossword puzzle,
How can Will Shortz get so many answers wrong.
Somehow no one else can see, what is very clear to me
They don’t even get the lyrics to my song

Chorus
On my own, learning it on my own
On my own, learning it on my own

It’s just my controlling nature, that insists on going my way,
All the wisdom of the ages I eschew.
I consider it a weakness to depend upon instruction,
You can keep your maps and user manuals too.

On my own, finding it on my own
On my own, finding it on my own

Could there ever come a day, when I regret the way
I have let my education roam so free.
As I trip from book to book, and in every subject look
The only toe I stub belongs to me

On my own, learning it on my own,
On my own, learning it on my own.