We Can'T Always Have What We Want Poem by Francis Duggan

In thinking about her you waste precious hours
And you won't win her over by giving her flowers
Or whispering sweet nothings like sweetheart or honey
She'll never be your's for you don't have enough money.

Though she told you that you're not her type you keep on persisting
And your best efforts to woo her she keep on resisting
She chooses to ignore you her eyes are on Harry
And he has heaps of money and him she would marry.

But young Harry he only has eyes for another
And the woman he wants happens to be her mother
But her mother wants George and George he wants Jenny
But Jenny feels strongly attracted to Lenny.

The woman you want has her eyes on one who wants her mother
And since she doesn't need you why not try for another?
Some times you feel pain when by the love bug you've been bitten
But of her you still dream and by her you've been smitten.

Fair Lisa next door to you feels quite attracted
But to her love signals you have not reacted
And despite the efforts to woo her that you have invested
The one that you want in you is not interested.

We can't always have what we want that goes without saying
And for love's disappointments in heartache we keep paying
He could have the one next door but he loves another
And the one he wants she wants one who wants her mother.