I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it
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I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it
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You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs and I'll hold it
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You can share your so-called shame filled accounts of times in your life and I won't judge it
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(and there are no strings attached to it)
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You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
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You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
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I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
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And you owe me nothing in return
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You can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I'll grant it
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You can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you'll have it
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You can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I'll support it
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You can ask for anything you want anything at all and I'll understand it
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(and there are no strings attached to it)
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You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
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You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
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I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
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And you owe me nothing in return
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I bet you're wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop
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I bet you're wondering when my conditional police will force you to cough up
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I bet wonder how far you have now danced you way back into debt
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This is the only kind of love as I understand it that there really is
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You can express your deepest of truths even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it
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You can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss I'll empathize with
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You can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion I'll hear it
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You can even hit rock bottom have a mid-life crisis and I'll hold it
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(and there are no strings attached)
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You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
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You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
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I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
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And you owe me nothing in return
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You Owe Me Nothing In Return
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Alanis Morissette |