I Want You
Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell
I don’t think I can live without you
And I know that I never will
Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death
I can’t say anymore than “I love you”
Everything else is a waste of breath
I want you
You’ve had your fun you don’t get well no more
I want you
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
Be careful darling you might fall
I want you
I woke up and one of us was crying
I want you
You said “Young man I do believe you’re dying”
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
I want you
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
I want you
Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
I want you
Since when were you so generous and inarticulate
I want you
It’s the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
It’s the way your shoulders shake and what they’re shaking for
I want you
It’s knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
It’s the thought of him undressing you or you undressing
I want you
He tossed some tatty compliment your way
I want you
And you were fool enough to love it when he said “I want you”
I want you
The truth can’t hurt you it’s just like the dark
It scares you witless
But in time you see things clear and stark
I want you
Go on and hurt me then we’ll let it drop
I want you
I’m afraid I won’t know where to stop
I want you
I’m not ashamed to say I cried for you
I want you
I want to know the things you did that we do too
I want you
I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
I want you
I might as well be useless for all it means to you
I want you
Did you call his name out as he held you down
I want you
Oh no my darling not with that clown
I want you
I want you
You’ve had your fun you don’t get well no more
I want you
No-one who wants you could want you more
I want you
I want you
I want you
Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
I want you
I’m going to say it once again ’til I instill it
I know I’m going to feel this way until you kill it
I want you
I want you
I want you
May 29, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Hmmmm…. something is definitely going on with our good friend Mendicatus. Are you simply relating to the “I want you” part of this song or are you identifying with the loss and heartbreak that is also tied up in these lyrics? I hope it is the former, not the latter…
May 30, 2008 at 3:36 am
This song is one of my favorites. And it always breaks my heart.
May 30, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Fex: Nothing going on (well, nothing worth mentioning). Just one of my all-time favourite songs, with such depth and feeling in the lyrics. “The way your shoulders shake, and what they’re shaking for”… just wonderful. Stumbled across it in my head and thought I’d share, for those (unlike the lovely Penny) who haven’t heard it.
June 2, 2008 at 1:18 am
I think you are ripe for falling in love. That’s what I think. Tee hee.
June 2, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I’m already in love and have been for years. But I’m ripe for falling in lust.
June 2, 2008 at 6:01 pm
OK, Now I know it’s not about blood or chocolate, it reads better
June 9, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Yes, that’s the album title. The song is called, well, erm… I thought it was kindof obvious.