Don't let time bring you back my way   'Cause thoughts have passed and things have changed   But it makes us birds of prey   Yeah, it makes us birds of prey   No, don't let time bring you back my way   'Cause thoughts have passed and things have changed   And it makes us birds of prey    Yeah, it makes us birds of prey      You don't own me   Can't control me   Sick of crying   You're always lying to me   Done with trying   So now I'm going to leave   Sick of crying   You're always lying to me   Done with trying   So now I'm going to leave   And you'd best believe me      Just one last thing I got to say   We're the past and that don't change   I'm going my own way   Yeah, I'm going my own way   Oh, just one last thing I got to say   We're the past and that don't change   I'm going my own way   Yeah, I'm going my own way      You don't own me   Can't control me   Sick of crying   You're always lying to me   Done with trying   So now I'm going to leave   Sick of crying   You're always lying to me   Done with trying   So now I'm going to leave   And you'd best believe me      I need a change   A change for me   'Cause I don't owe you   I don't owe you anything      You don't own me   Can't control me   Heart's at half-mast   No more sway   No, you're not my bird of prey   I said, you don't own me   No, you can't control me   Heart's at half-mast   No more sway   No, you're not my bird of prey   (I need a change)      You don't own me   (Gotta have a change)   Can't control me   (A change for me)   Heart's at half-mast   No more sway   No, you're not my bird of prey   (I don't owe you anything)      (repeat)