We Almost Got It Together

Lyrics

[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