I WANT YOU

The guilty undertaker sighs,

The lonesome organ grinder cries,

The silver saxophones say

I should refuse you.

The cracked bells and washed-out horns

Blow into my face with scorn,

But it's not that way,

I wasn't born to lose you.

I want you, I want you,

I want you so bad,

Honey, I want you.

The drunken politician leaps

Upon the street where mothers weep

And the saviors who are

fast asleep,

They wait for you.

And I wait for them to interrupt

Me drinkin' from my broken cup

And ask me to Open up the gate for you.

I want you, I want you,

I want you so bad,

Honey, I want you.

Now all my fathers, they've gone down

True love they've been without it.

But all their daughters put me down'

Cause I don't think about it.

Well, I return to the Queen of Spades

And talk with my chambermaid.

She knows that I'm not afraid

To look at her.

She is good to me

And there's nothing she doesn't see.

She knows where I'd like to be

But it doesn't matter.

I want you, I want you,

I want you so bad,

Honey, I want you.

Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit,

He spoke to me, I took his flute.

No, I wasn't very cute to him,

Was I?But I did it, though, because he lied

Because he took you for a ride

And because time was on his side

And because I . . . I want you, I want you,

I want you so bad,

Honey, I want you.

El enterrador culpable suspira

el organillero solitario grita

los saxofones plateados dicen

que debería rechazarte

las campanas agrietadas y los cuernos soplan con desdén en mi cara

pero esto no es así,

yo no nací para perderte.

te deseo, te deseo,

te deseo tanto,

cariño, te deseo.

El político borracho que brinca

por las calles donde las madres gimotean

y los salvadores que están

profundamente dormidos,

te esperan

y yo espero que ellos acaben

con mi beber en una copa rota

y me pidan

que te abra la puerta.

te deseo, te deseo,

te deseo tanto,

cariño, te deseo.

Todos mis padres han sucumbido

sin conseguir el verdadero amor

pero todas sus hijas me han denigrado

porque no pienso en eso.

Vuelvo a la reina de espadas

y hablo con mi criada

ella sabe que no me asusta

el mirarla

es buena conmigo

y no hay nada que ella no vea

sabe donde me gustaría estar

pero no importa.

te deseo, te deseo,

te deseo tanto,

cariño, te deseo.

Tu niño bailarín con el traje chino

me habló, yo le quité su flauta

no, no estuve muy amable con él,

¿verdad?Pero lo hice, pero porque mintió

porque te engañó

y porque el momento le daba la razón,

y porque yo

te deseo, te deseo,

te deseo tanto,

cariño, te deseo.