Written by: antonina armato      Everybody has a story to tell   And I'd like to share mine with you   But my heart is kind of fragile   And I just can't imagine   It's something that I ought to do   And I realize   I'm still hurting deep inside   Where love used to live      So I keep myself   To myself   I don't want nobody to know me (I keep myself)   I keep myself   To myself   I don't want no lover to own me      My heart feels like it's all broken up   In tiny pieces that I'll never find   And I know that I will heal someday   I will feel again   But it might take a little more time   And can't you see   I'm so insulated   No one's touchin' me   At least for now (at least for now)      So I keep myself   To myself   I don't want nobody to know me (I keep myself)   I keep myself   To myself   I don't want no lover to own me      Then in the shadows of yesterday   Only peace of mind is when I pray   That someday I can find a way back home   Until I'm ready (until I'm ready)   To love again (until I'm ready)   Until I'm ready (until I'm ready)   Until then      (I keep myself)      Then in the shadow of yesterday   Only peace of mind is when I pray   That somehow I would find a way   I keep myself      Then in the shadow of yesterday   Only peace of mind is when I pray   That somehow I would find a way   I keep myself      I keep myself   To myself      I keep myself      I keep myself   To myself