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