Guido's Song Lyrics - Nine

I would like to be here, I would like to be there 

I would like to everywhere at once 

I know that's a contradiction in terms 

And it's a problem, especially when 

My body's clearing forty as my mind is 

Nearing ten 

I can hardly stay up, and I can't get to sleep 

And I don't want to wake tomorrow morning 

At the bottom of some heap 

But why take it so seriously? 

After all, there's nothing at 

Stake here-only me 

I want to be young, and I want to be old 

I would like to be wise before my time 

And yet be foolish and brash and bold 

I would like the universe to get down on it's knees 

And say, "Guido, whatever you please, it's okay 

Even if it's impossible, we'll arrange it" 

That's all that I want 

I am lusting for more, should I settle for less? 

I ask you, what's a good thing for, if 

Not for taking it to excess? 

One limitation I dearly regret 

There's only one of me 

I've ever met 

I would like to have another me to 

Travel along with myself 

I would even like to be able to sing a 

Duet with myself 

I would like to be here sing along with myself in a song 

To be there walking down a lane now, everywhere 

Everywhere, everywhere 

That's a contradiction in terms 

I want to here with a counter 

Here melody in the 

Here top of the morning to you, guido 

Guido guido, guido guido 

Guido me, me me 

I want to be Proust or the Marquis De Sade 

I would like to be Christ, Mohammad, Buddha 

But not have to believe in God 

And you know I mean it with all of my heart 

It's the end if something important 

Doesn't start 

I want to be young, but I have to be old 

What I want is a tale of sound and fury 

That some idiot went and told 

I would like the universe to get down on it's knees 

And say, "Guido, whatever you please, it's okay 

Even if it's ridiculous, we'll arrange it" 

So arrange it 

Arrange it 

That's all that I want 

See what I mean