Everybody has a story to tell
  And I'd like to share mine with you
  But my heart is kind of fragile
  And I just can't imagine
  It's something that I ought to do
  And I realize
  I'm still hurting deep inside
  Where love used to live
    So I keep myself
  To myself
  I don't want nobody to know me (I keep myself)
  I keep myself
  To myself
  I don't want no lover to own me
    My heart feels like its all broken up
  In tiny pieces that I'll never find
  And I know that I will heal someday
  I will feel again
  But it might take a little more time
  And can't you see
  I'm so insulated
  No one's touchin' me
  At least for now (at least for now)
    So I keep myself
  To myself
  I don't want nobody to know me (I keep myself)
  I keep myself
  To myself
  I don't want no lover to own me
    Then in the shadows of yesterday
  Only peace of mind is when I pray
  That someday I can find a way back home
  Until I'm ready (until I'm ready)
  To love again (until I'm ready)
  Until I'm ready (until I'm ready)
  Until then
    (I keep myself)
    Then in the shadow of yesterday
  Only peace of mind is when I pray
  That somehow I would find a way
  I keep myself
    Then in the shadow of yesterday
  Only peace of mind is when I pray
  That somehow I would find a way
  I keep myself
    I keep myself
  To myself
    I keep myself
    I keep myself
  To myself