Well I knew a girl, she was the child of the devil   It took me so damn long to see   That she could wrap me around her fingers    Til there was nothin' left of poor old me      I had a night job down in the city   Where the hours seem to turn into days   The frozen clock on the wall it wouldn't move at all   I had to make my getaway      So I laid my cards down on the table   I had a feelin' I was ready and able   Now I'm livin' it my own way   I hear the music that I gotta play   It's so easy wakin' up to the day   With my life back in my own hands      There are times when I can't sing this song   When the days and nights have gone all wrong   But with somebody to love, a little help from above   I'll get my feet back on the ground before long      Chorus      Back in my own hands   Back in my own hands   Back in my own hands      There are times when I can't sing this song   When the days and nights are always goin' wrong   But with somebody to love, a little help from above   I'll get my feet back on the ground before long      Chorus      Now I'm livin' it my own way   I hear the music I gotta play   It's so easy wakin' up to the day   With my life back in my own hands   Back in my own hands   Back in my own hands