*Peeks nervously around the curtain, then walks slowly up to the microphone.*

Umm.  Hello.  *nasty feedback noise*  Ack! *backs up, glares at sound technician.  Feedback sound goes away.  Steps up to mic again.*

Thank you for coming.  Let me just say that I don't own Cowboy Bebop, Sunrise Animations does.  I'm just sort of borrowing it for a while.  Please don't sue me.

This is the first song I've ever written, and since I don't know how to write music I'm afraid you'll have to make up your own tune for it.  I mean, if you want to or anything.

I would like to dedicate this song to AgentOrange, because I got this idea after reading her The Cowboy's Unofficial Guide to the Open Road.

And last but not least, as it says in the summary…this is a song about Faye.

Please enjoy.

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I don't know the meaning of  "obligation,"

And I don't owe you anything at all.

I can walk out whenever I want to

I'm not gonna answer, don't bother to call.

They say everybody needs somebody,

But I've never been one to believe in that.

I'm better off with no strings to be pulled on,

Don't care if you all think I'm a rat.

Chorus:

I don't need anybody to belong to

I don't need anybody else's help

And don't ask me to do you any favors,

'Cause I'm in it for myself,

Yeah, I'm in it for myself.

I don't need nobody's good opinion,

Long as I got money in my hand.

They say it won't buy you any happiness,

But for me it's the only thing that can.

Don't tell me that I ought to be better,

What can I get out of sympathy?

Go ahead and tell me that I'm heartless,

Then I'll smile and heartily agree.

Chorus:

I don't need anybody to belong to

I don't need anybody else's help

And don't ask me to do you any favors,

'Cause I'm in it for myself,

Yeah, I'm in it for myself.

Don't think that it's possible to change me,

And don't get too attached, 'cause I won't stay.

Never, ever say that you care for me,

I know you'll feel relieved, when I go away.

I have nothing, no one to go back to

But that's just a perfect thing for me.

For without any past to shape my future,

I know that I am well and truly free.

Chorus:

I don't need anybody to belong to

I don't need anybody else's help

And don't ask me to do you any favors,

'Cause I'm in it for myself,

Yeah, I'm in it for myself.

Just for myself…