always want what you can't have

there's a starry eyed woman that lives up the road

pick her wild flowers

oh and she tells me no

i don't know why

i want her so bad

guess you always want what you can't have

i guess that's life

oh that's just the way it goes

well you won't get something in your hands that you ain't never got to hold

and i don't know why i need her

she's about to drive me mad

but i guess you always want what you can't have

there's a little piece of land

where i used to go

the river runs clear and wild

oh and at times it moves slow

your man he won't sell it

no matter how much i ask

guess you always want what you can't have

i guess that's life

oh that's just the way it goes

well you won't get something in your hands that you ain't never got to hold

and i drive past that old man's land; i just shake my head and laugh

i guess you always want what you can't have

i guess that's life

oh that's just the way it goes

well you won't get something in your hands that you ain't never got to hold

and i don't know why we need it; it makes us forget what we had

but i guess you always want what you can't have