We almost got it together

And I'll be your favourite thing


Stand by the river with hard-luck eyes


And I'll just be open and sing

I was only trying to surprise


I wish I was like the frog-princess


And I'd never tell you lies

And down by the soil of the hard-life


They like to greet us with smiles


They like to tell us their good hostess

Had travelled a million miles


But you'd like it written closer


Yes, you'd like it written pure

If I told you this -


Would you miss my kiss?


No - you'd come right back for more



Oh, I'd like to be

What I want to be


But you want to carry on


But you need to take

What you have to take


But I'll still be here when you're gone



And there's a light by your window


And I'd like to capture you by there

And I'd like to hold you for all to see


But they don't really care


And if I said you're no peccadillo

Yes, I said you're a major thing


Would you stand by me?


At the corner dock

And say, "yes, this girl is the swing!"



Oh, I'd like to be


What I want to be


But you want to carry on

But you need to take


What you have to take


But I'll still be here when you're gone


And I'd like another cue


That's why I strain to see

And I'd like the best in you

'Cos you write the best in me


They were sure that I'd be burning

Yes -


So their tart swerve to here might be

But if I said "you're gold, inside",

Yes and if you were true to me


Would you hang around with that creepy smile

And crawl home back to me



Oh, I'd like to be

What I want to be

But you want to carry on

But you need to take


What you have to take

But I'll still be here when you're gone