I Love a Cliche

I want to

Put a cat among the pigeons

A flea in someone's ear,

To engage in a flight of fancy,

To sink some really small beer!

I want to sail across the seas

And plumb the ocean deep;

To do exactly as I please,

And have my beauty sleep!

Yes, I know these are all hackneyed phrases,

You know, the proverbial whatsisname,

But, no matter what you say, come what may,

It's OK by me, thanks all the same!

'Cos I want to

Fight the good fight, all ends up,

And have an axe to grind,

To know just how many beans make five,

To say, 'How terribly kind!'

I want a fair crack of the whip,

Come home on the pig's back;

Go on that fabulous trip -

But, of course, on the right track!

Yes, I know these are all hackneyed phrases,

You know, the proverbial whatsisname,

But, no matter what you say, come what may,

It's OK by me, thanks all the same!

…'Cos I want to

Burn the candle at both ends

And go from bad to worse,

Never 'be there always for my friends' -

Know it all, chapter and verse!

I want to drown the impossible dream

And never have enough,

Ford the deepest bloody stream

And to never give a stuff!

Yes, I know these are all hackneyed phrases,

You know, the proverbial whatsisname,

But, no matter what you say, come what may,

It's OK by me, thanks all the same!

…'Cos I want to!