We Almost Got It Together Lyrics - Tanita Tikaram

We almost got it together 

And I'll be your favorite 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 

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 traveled 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 

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'll still be here when you're gone 

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" 

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'll still be here when you're gone 

And I'd like another cue 

That's why I strain to see 

And I'd like the best in you 

'Cos you write the best in me 

And everybody was swinging 

Oh, sworn into the heart and [Incomprehensible] 

Oh, they were sure that I'd be burning 

Yes, so their tart swerve to here might be 

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? 

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'll still be here when you're gone