Lyric We almost got it together

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