You Can Love Yourself

My baby she wrote me a letter She didn't call me on the phone Five little words was all she wrote See ya later I'm gone She had no explanation About why she had to go Well I can't take a joke But I can take a hint She don't love me no more But if nobody loves you And you feel like dust On an empty shelve Just remember You can love yourself My mother says She loves me But you know She could be jivin' too And everybody's always criticizing Everything that I do I work 9 to 5, do the best I can Try to please the boss I bought a big ol' house And a brand new car And then he laid me off But if nobody loves you And you feel like dust On an empty shelve Just remember You can love yourself Every time I meet a lady I wanna try to get to know Either I'm too small Or she's too tall She's rich and I'm po' So I called my old friend Hazel Mae Asked her out for a little date She said "I'm married now And I got three little kids Boy ya just a little too late" But if nobody loves you And you feel like dust On an empty shelve Just remember You can love yourself But if nobody loves you And you feel like dust On an empty shelve Just remember You can love yourself