Here we go again, Another yarn to spin, As you once again Pretend that it's the end. And that besides your curls, Your dimples, and your pearls, You're not like other girls And you wish you were my world; And I wish you were all, my darling, But I don't get to make the rules.
A man is not a man Because he has a plan, And just because he can Counts ev'ry grain of sand. For as sure as they are numbered And that one and one is two, Twelfth & Vine is on his mind And Mississippi, too; But I wish you were all, my darling, But I can't seem to pick and choose.
Each time you come back down the hall –– (Each time you earn my trust) –– You confuse what you're supposed to do With that which you must, And by the idols of the mind Young is wasted on the youth, So to hell with being honest, For once I'll tell the truth: That I wish you were all, my darling, But I wish they were all mine, too.