You've got to learn how to leave me be, for us to ever get along
   You've got to give me the kind of time it takes, to prove I'm right or wrong
   'Cause nobody knows what I had to go through-Maybe no one even cares
   But all the while as the clock was tickin', I've been holed up in my lair
   Doin' things my own way....My own way
   You say I don't have a leg to stand on, so it's a good thing I've got two
   But if I had only one leg to stand on, that's exactly what I'd do
   No one can say there's a right or wrong way-Everyone's got their own advice
   Now am I back to where I started, after all I've sacrificed?
   By doin' things my own way....My own way
   I gotta do things my own way
   Yeh....my own way
   I've got these feelins' I'm tryin' to deal with, I'm not so sure you understand
   If I seem to be too preoccupied, to fit into your plans
   It's just that its one thing on top another-Now it's one too many high
   I wonder how many piles of things it takes, to bury me alive
   I'm doin' things my own way...My own way
   I gotta do things my own way.......My own way
   Yeh I gotta do things my own way-My own way
   Gotta do things my own way-Yeh my own way
   My own way-My own way
   Oh yeh....it's just the way it is, baby
   (Phil continues)