[Verse 1]
We almost got it together
And I'll be your favourite thing
Oh, stand by the river with hard-luck eyes
And I'll just be open and sing

And if I was telling you a story
I was only trying to surprise
I wish I was like the frog princess
And I'd never tell you lies

[Verse 2]
And down by the soil of the hard life
Oh, they like to greet us with smiles
Oh, 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

[Chorus]
Oh, I'd like to be
What I wanna be
But you want to carry on
But you need to take
What you have to take
But I'd still be here when you're gone

[Verse 3]
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!"?

[Chorus]
Oh, I'd like to be
What I wanna be
But you want to carry on

But you need to take
What you have to take
But I'd still be here when you're gone

[Bridge]
And I'd like another cue
That's why I strain to see
And I'd like the best in you
'Cause you write the best in me
[Verse 4]
And everybody was swinging
Oh, swooning to the heart in me
Oh, they were sure that I'd be burning
Yes, so their tart swerve to here might be

And 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?

[Chorus]
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'd still be here when you're gone