Cover art for The Time of Your Life by Alanis Morissette

The Time of Your Life

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The Time of Your Life Lyrics

[Intro]
Standing there on a road that leads to anywhere
Like a child left in the wilderness
Standing there penniless
Wanting to be the best

[Verse 1]
Here's a place where life runs at a different pace
Where love is just convenient, none are obedient
And we are subservient
Look at me, I'm a girl that some may preconceive
Why do they try and generalize? Why are they antagonizing me?
But something I can't control

[Chorus]
That I want you
You know I'll never stop till I gotcha
You'll never be quite the same when I rock you
I'm not the kind of girl that you thought I was
You'll have a good time

'Cause I want you
I'm breaking down the walls until I have you, feel you
Show you the time of your life

[Verse 2]
Here and I wonder how we've come this far
In a world that does not recognize women are victimized
What does that symbolize?
Why do I want the things I usually criticize?
It may be self-destructiveness or maybe it's emptiness inside
But something I can't control
[Chorus]
That I want you
You know I'll never stop until I gotcha
You'll never be quite the same when I rock you
I'm not the kind of girl that you thought I was
You'll have a good time

Because I want you
I'm breaking down the walls until I have you
You'll have a good time

[Verse 3]
It's a lonely road and no one knows the way that I feel
I'm not giving up now
I'll never try to justify
They'll never understand, you'll be a happy man
You'll have the time of your life

[Bridge]
It's something, it's something
It's something that I can't control

[Chorus]
You know I'll never stop till I've gotcha
You'll never be quite the same when I rock ya
I'm not the kind of girl that you thought I was
You'll have a good time
'Cause I want you
I'm breaking down the walls till I have you, feel you
Show you the time of your life

[Bridge]
The time of your life
The time of your life
I'll show you the time of your life
I'll let you have the time of your life

[Outro]
The time of your life
I'll let you have the time of your life

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August 1, 1992
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