if i could have my way i d be sleeping in the alley on a couch with a friend and a bottle of gin if i could have my way i d be runnin with the circus i would be taming all the lions there d be no denying i was brave and crazy if i could have my way i wouldn t be dreaming scheming screaming oooh what am i gonna do about you if wishes were horses this beggar would ride i d have my cake and eat it with a little on the side i d never want for money i d never want for friends i wouldn t have to make excuses for the shape that i m in shaking and crazy before i saw your eyes i was in control of my soul on the whole oooh what am i gonna do about you cool as a rule i wouldn t play nobody s fool but i keep on talking made in the shade i had a perfect cue to fade but i keep on walking if i could have my way i d check out right now i d say out to lunch honey thanks a bunch it wouldn t work out anyhow but this desire s too much it s rented out my brain it s showing previews of your body driving me insane and that s crazy so all that i can do is to beg plead won t you tell me please what am i gonna do about you