Independent Girl

Words and Music by Todd Lerner

Climb up into bed

Curl under the blanket

You can close your eyes

Little independent girl

Know that I won’t give up your world

And I won’t give up your world

We won’t give it to a king

Not to any other being

We won’t give up the world

You can close your eyes

And you can trust

We won’t give up your world

Now go to sleep and dream

Fly through the air

We won’t give up the world

I won’t give up your world

And I won’t give up your world

We won’t give it to a snail

An environmental tale

We won’t give up the world

The light that’s in your room

It says the day is on your window

You can open up your eyes

Little independent girl

For I won’t give up your world

And I won’t give up your world

No we won’t give up the world

While we are in it

Little independent girl

We won’t give it to arbitrary whims

To nonexistent things

We won’t give up the world

(C) Todd Lerner 2017