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