I wish I could dance like Fontaine,
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Floating along on a breeze,
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But when you come home
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And I get you alone
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I wish that I could put you at ease.
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I wish I could sing you a love song,
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Sing about the silvery moon,
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But the things that you say
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When I think it's OK
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Always seem to sing out of tune.
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Oh, I'm not the way
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That you want me to be,
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No, it's not like me,
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No, it's not like me.
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You say I should dress like a Lady,
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Read all the best magazines,
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But the people in there
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And the clothes that they wear,
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Take it from the girl of your dreams.
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You wish I could be a show-piece
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Something to show all your friends
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Is it true what they say,
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That I get in your way ?
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Is this about the place that it ends ?
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I'm not the way
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That you want me to be,
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No, it's not like me,
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No, it's not like me.
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I wish I could dance like Fontaine,
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Floating along on the breeze
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And when you come home
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And I get you alone
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I wish that I could put you at ease.
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The Way You Want Me to Be
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| Marianne Faithfull |
