I Want You Here

This is a poem I wrote in 2009. I imagine all of my poetry set to music, though I am rarely able to come up with my own tunes. I imagine the verses of this one to the tune of All Of My Love by Led Zeppelin while the chorus is set to a simple tune I might have invented myself and the end is to the tune of the end of Patience by Guns ‘N’ Roses.

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I want to walk with you hand in hand on the beach

I want to take you to the sea

I want to play on the swingsets till after dark

I want you with me

I want to walk with you skipping through the woods

I want to pretend we can fly

I want to work hard with you side by side

I want us to watch the sky

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I want you here

I do I do

I want you here

wherever I go

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I want to save the world with you by my side

I want to hold you so tight

I want to take our kids on a ride

I want to stand by you and fight

I want you to stay and play with my friends

I want you in my life

To build snowmen and pretend they're aliens in disguise

I want you as my wife

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I want you here

Oh, I want you here

I want you here

I'll follow you anywhere

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I want you here

come back to me

I want you here

It's been too many years

I want you here

I want you here, I want you here, yeah

I want you here

help me, please help me find you

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It's like hitting the gas

and slamming the brakes

you charge me up

and give me the shakes

but i'm still waiting

for you to come around

I lose my juice

without you as my ground

and how can i wait

without you here?

i don't know but i am

and will year after year

for you, girl

oh, you

only you, girl

oh, you

until you're mine