Cover art for Make It on Your Own (1978 Demo) by Donny Hathaway

Make It on Your Own (1978 Demo)

Donny Hathaway
Track 33 on Someday We’ll All Be Free 
20101 viewer

Make It on Your Own (1978 Demo) Lyrics

Yesterday you were mine, now you're gone
I thought I had someone, but she's gone
They say that experience in love always holds its own
No matter what it takes to make it in life, you will find that you can make it all alone

Darling, don't look back, 'cause mind, that is what makes it, yeah
There is no reason for us to be together without love

(La-la-la-la-la-la-la)
[?] to you (La-la-la-la-la-la-la)
Won't you put [?] to you (La-la-la-la-la-la-la)
Mmm

(Get up, make it on your own
Get up, make it on your own)

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Someday We’ll All Be Free (2010)
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