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What I Want

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Will Butler Canonical path: /will-butler/what-i-want Related lyric paths: 6
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What I Want

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Tell me what you want babe and I will get it

Though it might take 3-5 business days, maybe longer

I forget cause my heads in a bit of a haze

Since I let you down I don't know where I am going

I don't know where I lost my shoes

I'm distracted by this one, particular shade of blue

I bet you're wondering if I remember

Oh well I remember just about everything

Except what time it was

And where we were oh and one more thing

I will tell you what I want, what I wanted to say

I will tell you if it's okay, if it's okay, if it's okay

If you come and take my hand I will buy you a pony

We can cook it, for supper

I know this great recipe for pony macaroni

Later on we can walk the beach

Oh you know that we can walk

Along the waves out to greenland

You can bury me there in an icy grave

I'm so hot these days but sometimes oh

I get, so cold I've been told

It's a side effect from staring into the sun too long

If you told me that there was a war I would fight for you

If you told me that there was a war

I would fight until we were all free

Until we were all free

I said what about tuesday night, are you free?

My body's not prepared for this

I can feel my heart beat out of my chest

I apologize if I get heart blood all over your nice floral dress

But it's not my fault so don't blame me, don't blame me

Don't blame me cause it's not my fault, it's your fault

Now I'm not saying that we should rush this

I'm not suggesting

That we should start having kids but maybe

We could think about getting a dog

Or a fish tank or a jar of squids

Or maybe just a chicken coop full of alligators

I will go along with whatever you say

I'm not a details man I just wanna hang around

And maybe get a chance to hold your hand

Don't tell me I've, made a mistake

I will tell you what I want, what I wanted to say

I will tell you if it's okay, if it's okay, if it's okay

I will tell you if it's not too late if it's not too, not too late

I will tell if it's okay, if it's okay, if it's okay, if it's okay

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