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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = I Don't Need You
| Name    = I Don't Need You
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Riverscuomo aloneviii.jpg
| Type    = Demo
| Type    = Demo
| Albums  = ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''<br>''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Recorded = 2004
| Recorded = 2004
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| Status  = Demo circulating
| Status  = Demo circulating
}}
}}
'''"I Don't Need You"''' is an Rivers Cuomo demo originally recorded for ''[[Make Believe]]''.
'''"I Don't Need You"''' (possibly alternately titled "'''I Am Gay'''"<ref name="cor400s">Screenshot of [[Catalog O' Riffs]] posted by [[Rivers Cuomo]] on Discord: [[:File:Riversgrandfile-400.png]]</ref>) is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]].
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
The song was briefly demoed in contention for ''[[Make Believe]]'', but was scrapped in early preproduction. The bridge is at a different tempo and resembles the chorus of [[So Low]], which was recorded in contention for Weezer's previous album, ''[[Maladroit]]''.
[[Catalog O' Riffs]] entry #404 was, apparently, written around [[2002]] (listed in the Catalog as "I am gay"<ref name="cor400s" />). At some point thereafter, the song was named "I Don't Need You." The song was demoed by Cuomo at S.I.R. Studios in early [[2004]] during preproduction on ''[[Make Believe]]'', but did not make the cut. Two recordings of the song were released to fans in [[2020]] as part of the demo compilations ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' and ''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''.
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Don't Need You|404 I Don't Need You (Chorus Voc Onl 2.mp3|?|?|0:41|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry||[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Don't Need You||January [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15">[[Recording_History_-_Page_15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]</ref>||||Unknown if same as <samp>404 I Don't Need You (Chorus Voc Onl 2.mp3</samp>}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Don't Need You|07 404 I Don't Need You.mp3|[[February 3]]—[[February 20]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:57|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
 
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>
<poem>
So lonely
So lonely on my own
On my own
I call you but you're not home
I call you
But you're not home


It's been so many nights since I had you right by my side
It's been so many nights
And I don't think I could take you back even if you change your mind
Since I had you right by my side
And I don't think I could take you back
Even if you change your mind


I don't need you anymore
I don't need you anymore
I'm stronger now
I'm stronger now
So back it out my door
So back out of my door
You made your bed
You made your bed
So lie in it
So lie in it
I can't admit
I can't admit


You hurt me
You hurt me awful bad
Awful bad
I've never been so sad
I've never
Been so sad


And now you think you can come right back where you used to be
And now you think you can
I have a news report for you so listen up to me
Come right back where you used to be
I have a news report for you
So listen up to me


I don't need you anymore
I don't need you anymore
I'm stronger now
I'm stronger now
So back it out my door
So back out of my door
You made your bed
You made your bed
So lie in it
So lie in it
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Oh, there was a time
Oh, there was a time
When I was just trying to be with you
When I was just trying to be with you
And you
And you left me out on my own
Left me out on my own
...
La la la la la, la la la


Oh, so low
Oh, so low
Oh-oh, so low
Alone, so low
Oh-oh, so low
Alone, so low
So low, alone
So low, alone


I don't need you anymore
I don't need you anymore
I'm stronger now
I'm stronger now
So back it out my door
So back out of my door
You made your bed
You made your bed
So lie in it
So lie in it
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Oh, well there was a time
Oh, well there was a time
When I was just trying to be with you
When I was just trying to be with you
And you
And you left me out on my own
Left me out on my own
...</poem>
La la la la la, la la
</poem>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
[[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]]