Momus: I Want To Be Good

Another John Henriksson / Momus song from the 2011 sessions. Lyrics below.

If I could be born again
I'd be born as one of the men
Who travel around putting money around
And become everyone's friend
Who distribute for free an amazing machine
That can turn rubbish to food
If I hadn't been born to be bad I'd be born to be good

I began as a bit of a crook
And I'm known for the money I took
From the disadvantaged and dispossessed
Leaving them destitute
I'd rob the whores at the orphange doors
But I'm misunderstood
I had to be bad to be me but I want to be good

I'll become a good old boy
And commit philantrophy
Improve the neighbourhoods I destroyed
And go down in history
Erect a few statues, endow a few colleges
All named after me
I had to be bad to be bad
But I want to be good

This song comes thanks, you see
To donations from people like me
The Dastardly Foundation and Kervorkian Industries
Well I'd hate to be known for turning humanity
Into pots of glue
I was born to be bad but I want to be good

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[FizzyPopLocks]

I can't even start to tell you how much I love this song. It explains me so well, I think I might cry. Thank you.

[BrianWilliamGreen]

when will you start blogging again?

[mattman417]

PLZ ADD SUBTITLES, MUMBLZ