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