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I wanna chill, I wanna sit real still
I wanna sleep like the dead on a bed of roses
Me and my lovely wife
We're in the prime of life
I wanna feel real, I wanna free-wheel
I wanna steal the show from under their noses
I wanna get you off
Ain't that enough?
I'm gonna abseil down my ivory tower
And buy myself a Jaguar
I'm a bad ambassador for that elusive place you're searching for
I wanna show you so much more... but maybe some other time
I wanna play with the big boys
I wanna ride with the tough guys on a Japanese motorbike
I wanna hold your hand
Hey, what's your favourite band?
I wanna look like they looked
I wanna shake like they shook, I wanna take what they took
I wanna get you high
Don't ask me why
It's just something I've got to do
I'll try to make it up to you
I'm a bad ambassador for that elusive place you're searching for
I wanna show you so much more... but maybe some other time
I'm not the Pope and I don't wanna be the Archbishop of Canterbury
I'm a bad ambassador for that elusive place you're searching for
I wanna show you so much more
Yeah I could show you so much more
But I'm a bad ambassador
Well, maybe some other time...
I wanna sleep like the dead on a bed of roses
Me and my lovely wife
We're in the prime of life
I wanna feel real, I wanna free-wheel
I wanna steal the show from under their noses
I wanna get you off
Ain't that enough?
I'm gonna abseil down my ivory tower
And buy myself a Jaguar
I wanna show you so much more... but maybe some other time
I wanna ride with the tough guys on a Japanese motorbike
I wanna hold your hand
Hey, what's your favourite band?
I wanna look like they looked
I wanna shake like they shook, I wanna take what they took
I wanna get you high
Don't ask me why
It's just something I've got to do
I'll try to make it up to you
I wanna show you so much more... but maybe some other time
I wanna show you so much more
Yeah I could show you so much more
But I'm a bad ambassador
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Submitted by
nelly On Dec 22, 2001
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This song is great. I saw Neil Hannon in concert and he has such a great voice. This song is about aspiration by a man who just doesn't have it.
The aspiring man is one way to interpret this song, but I heard that this is Hannon describing his sense of unworthiness as we, the fans, look to him as a songwriter to show us joy and excitement in life. Sometimes he just wants to enjoy his own life as much as possible.
"I'll try to make it up to you".
Brilliant lyrics, especially verse two.
I think of it as a relationship where the guy and girl want totally different things: Neil is a bad ambassador for that "elusive place" yet the girl sitll wants it. Great song.
I love this song. Always makes me want to start signing my heart out