You Could Have Both lyrics

I retire to bed early last nightYou follow me in or you don'tAnd either way, it's alrightYou've been going with her now for seventeen weeksBut that doesn't make a blind bit of difference to meJust when you're ready to take on the worldSome other girl had to get there firstAnd it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own herBut you know where I amAnd you know that you could have bothShe's awayAnd you get by without her very wellIf I'm aroundYou get by without her even betterI don't kid myself about happy endingsI'm too old for that nowOut on my doorstep, your lip burst and bleedingWell, that was a crash course for meActing the film star while you were still spoken forIt didn't look rosy for meBut I've considered the alternativesA few degrees of separation can't be that badJust when you're ready to take on the worldSome other girl had to get there firstAnd it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own herBut you know where I amAnd you know that you could have bothI wanted
the worldBut some other girl had to get there firstAnd it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own herBut you know where I amSo stop!"I feel like C.C. Baxter in Wilder's 'Apartment',That particular arrangement just came out of the blueAnd who was it who sang 'I know that you love oneSo why can't you love two?'I was in full-time education when I got scared of the futureAnd I've only got a job so I don't disappoint my motherIt's like I've painted myself into a social cornerWell, that's what happens when you listen toSaint Scott WalkerOn headphonesOn the bus.What about us? What about us?My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?'My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?'You know I don't kid myself about happy endingsI'm too old for all that nowBut you don't have to worry that much about the futureAnd it's not as if you ever did beforeBecause you'll always have everything just as you want itAnd there'll always be a phone to ring at three in the morningA
nd you'll always have someone who'll drive you homeYes, you'll always have someone, someone to drive you home.Someone to drive you home."Just when you're ready to take on the worldSome other girl has to get there firstAnd it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own herBut you know where I amAnd you know what I wantAnd I know I'll never have you completely aloneSo I'm trying to draw up a contingency planAnd it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own herBut you know where I amAnd you know that you could have bothYou could have bothYou could have both