I Want You

I had an army
who listened to my speeches
I had a navy
who brought me to foreign beaches
I saw my story
threaded into the cloth
that my great grandmother wove
next to the grandfather clock
I had my suitors
though it's immodest to talk of them
they rattled my windows
begged me to walk with them

but I want you
I want you
I want you

across the oceans
they would say my name
sometimes they praised it
sometimes they cursed my fame
across the mountains
people named peaks for me
and brought in exotic birds
and trained them to speak to me
in backrooms of churches
in front of the Virgin Mary
they'd promise me heaven
if I would just drink the very very very
bitter wine 
but I want you

give it all or not at all
I want you