The guilty undertaker sighsThe lonesome organ grinder criesThe silver saxophones say I should refuse youThe cracked bells and washed-out hornsBlow into my face with scornBut it’s not that wayI wasn’t born to lose you
I want you, I want youI want you so badHoney, I want you
The drunken politician leapsUpon the street where mothers weepAnd the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for youAnd I wait for them to interruptMe drinkin’ from my broken cupAnd ask me toOpen up the gate for you
I want you, I want youI want you so badHoney, I want you
How all my fathers, they’ve gone downTrue love they’ve been without itBut all their daughters put me down’Cause I don’t think about it
Well, I return to the Queen of SpadesAnd talk with my chambermaidShe knows that I’m not afraid to look at herShe is good to meAnd there’s nothing she doesn’t seeShe knows where I’d like to beBut it doesn’t matter
I want you, I want youI want you so badHoney, I want you
Now your dancing child with his Chinese suitHe spoke to me, I took his fluteNo, I wasn’t very cute to him, was I?But I did it, though, because he liedBecause he took you for a rideAnd because time was on his sideAnd because I . . .
I want you, I want youI want you so badHoney, I want you