Eleanor Friedberger - My Own World lyrics

I was living and breathing and sitting quite quietly Watching the TV and minding my diet While I moved from my desk on to my treadmill And I tried to move mountains or nothing but molehills So what do you want to interrupt me for? Leave me in my own world, own world I was checking the scores and cutting out coupons Reading the papers and trying to regroup I had just gotten over the snows of December Further out beyond, I don't want to remember So don't interrupt me, girl Leave me in my own world, own world I was taking my pulse and writing a diary Looking at foods for their dates of expiry And quietly checking the corners of rooms and then Coming back in and checking again A noise in a distance, a rumble or murmur Some little earthquake upsets terra firma Now I'm looking behind me, I'm checking my rearview Everything ancient is suddenly brand new And clichés have taken on a Shocking new meaning But the snows have come back And our teeth still need cleaning so What do you want to interrupt me for? Leave me in my own world Own world own world own world