Song #16 – I Want You

Recently, in a certain semi-exclusive power-pop related chat room Peter Gill of 2nd Grade posted (and I’m paraphrasing) “There’s nothing more satisfying than a song that has I IV V progression with someone singing “I want you” in the chorus” I not only agree with him, but I took it as a personal challenge to try my hand at writing a song with those ingredients.

I Want You

Thinking ‘bout the crime
The time you might have 
Slunk into the waiting room

You said a single line
I find, I pine
at the first sight of you

The boss is away
I say in a not-so-pleasant tone
There’s a price you’ve gotta pay
They say for always keeping 
on your headphones

If you want the job
I think you might be overqualified…

Between here and there
We’ll have our share
Of small catastrophes

Put the lamp next to the chair
Let down our hair
And keep things in parenthesis

The kids are alright
We say goodnight in feather down soft tones
Leave the bills we have to pay
Do what we may
Forget about our cell phones

If you want the job
I think you might be overqualified

I want you
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