I want you – Elvis Costello

I want you
You've had your fun 
you don't get well no more
I want you
Your fingernails 
go dragging down the wall
Be careful darling you might fall

I want you
I woke up and one of us was crying
I want you
You said "Young man I do believe 
you're dying"
I want you
If you need a second opinion 
as you seem to do these days
I want you
You can look in my eyes 
and you can count the ways
I want you
Did you mean to tell me 
but seem to forget
I want you
Since when were you so generous 
and inarticulate
I want you
It's the stupid details 
that my heart is breaking for
It's the way your shoulders shake 
and what they're shaking for
I want you
It's knowing that he knows you now 
after only guessing
It's the thought of him undressing you 
or you undressing

I want you
He tossed some tatty compliment 
your way
I want you
And you were fool enough to love it 
when he said
"I want you"

I want you
The truth can't hurt you 
it's just like the dark
It scares you witless
But in time you see things 
clear and stark
I want you
Go on and hurt me 
then we'll let it drop
I want you
I'm afraid I won't know 
where to stop
I want you
I'm not ashamed to say 
I cried for you
I want you
I want to know the things you did 
that we do too
I want you
I want to hear he pleases you 
more than I do
I want you
I might as well be useless 
for all it means to you
I want you
Did you call his name out 
as he held you down
I want you
Oh no my darling 
not with that clown
I want you

I want you
You've had your fun 
you don't get well no more
I want you
No-one who wants you 
could want you more

I want you
I want you
I want you
Every night when I go off to bed 
and when I wake up
I want you
I'm going to say it once again 
'til I instill it
I know I'm going to feel this way 
until you kill it
I want you
I want you
I want you

Em          G
  I want you
               C
You've had your fun 
          B7                       Em
you don't get well no more
      G
I want you
                C
Your fingernails 
            B7                       B7
go dragging down the wall
         B7        C7       C7            B7
Be careful darling you might fall


Em          G
  I want you
C                        B7                      Em
I woke up and one of us was crying
     G 
I want you
          C                             B7
You said "Young man I do believe 
              Em
you're dying"
     G
I want you
             C                         B7
If you need a second opinion 
                           Em
as you seem to do these days
     G
I want you
  C                               B7
You can look in my eyes 
                         B7 
and you can count the ways

| B7 | C7 | C7 | B7 |

Em           G
   I want you
                 C           
Did you mean to tell me 
B7                    Em
but seem to forget
     G
I want you
              C                               B7
Since when were you so generous 
             Em
and inarticulate
     G
I want you
 C                        B7
It's the stupid details 
                Em                        G
that my heart is breaking for
               C                                B7
It's the way your shoulders shake 
                                 Em    
and what they're shaking for
     G
I want you
           C                        B7
It's knowing that he knows you now 
          Em               G
after only guessing 
                  C                         B7
It's the thought of him undressing you 
      B7
or you undressing

| B7 | C7 | C7 | B7 |

Em           G
   I want you
          C                                  B7
He tossed some tatty compliment 
         Em
your way
     G
I want you
          C                         B7      
And you were fool enough to love it 
 B7          
when he said
Em   G            C       B7  Em
        "I want you"

| Em | G | C | B7 | Em |

              G
I want you
          C            
The truth can't hurt you 
B7                        Em
it's just like the dark
        G           
It scares you witless
 C                         B7
But in time you see things 
                  Em
clear and stark
     G
I want you
       C 
Go on and hurt me 
 B7                     Em
then we'll let it drop
     G
I want you
 C                  B7
I'm afraid I won't know 
                 Em
where to stop
     G
I want you
        C                        B7
I'm not ashamed to say 
                  Em
I cried for you
     G
I want you
      C                          B7
I want to know the things you did 
       Em
that we do too
     G
I want you
     C                          B7
I want to hear he pleases you 
           Em
more than I do
     G
I want you
      C                           B7
I might as well be useless 
                 Em
for all it means to you
     G
I want you
               C 
Did you call his name out 
B7                      Em
as he held you down
     G
I want you
        C 
Oh no my darling 
B7                    Em
not with that clown
G            C       B7  Em
   "I want you"

              G
I want you
              C
You've had your fun 
          B7                       Em
you don't get well no more
     G 
I want you
       C               
No-one who wants you 
 B7                        B7
could want you more

| Em | G | C | B7 |
             Em
I want you
| Em | G | C | B7 |
             Em
I want you
             G
I want you
  C                         B7               Em
Every night when I go off to bed 
                       G          C
and when I wake up
B7                Em     G
  I want you
         C                      B7
I'm going to say it once again 
    Em       G
'til I instill it
          C                       B7
I'm gonna gonna to feel this way 
 Em               G    C
until you kill it
B7                  Em  G  C  
      I want you
B7     Em     G     C  
      I want you
B7         Em  G     C            B7
       I                   want you

| Em | G | C | B7 | Em |