You Owe Me Nothing In Return

Album: Under Rug Swept (2002)
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  • I'll give you countless amounts
    Of outright acceptance, if you want it
    I will give you encouragement
    To choose the path that 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 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 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 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 Writer/s: Alanis Morissette
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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