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