Lyrics:I Can't Own Her

by XTC

Album version:

And I may as well wish for the moon in hand I own this river, I own this town All of its climbers and its winos sliding down But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill Taken with rain 'Til the gutter shines like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky I've got all morning, I've got all year It's down in my pocket with the daylight folded there But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill Taken with rain How I'd wash her hair like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky And when I say I can't own her I don't mean to buy her It's nothing at all to do with money I simply want her in my arms Forever more, is that an odd request? Is that something so funny? And I may as well wish for the moon in hand As there's more chance of that coming true But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill So I can't own her Of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her And I never will And she's the one thing that you just can't have No I can't own her Of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her And that's a bitter pill And she's the one thing that you just can't have Taken with rain Which I swallow down with the swirling sky With the swirling sky But I can't own her And I may as well wish for the moon in hand No I can't own her As there's more chance of that coming true

Demo version:

And I may as well wish for the moon in hand I own this river I own this town All of the climbers And its wine all sliding down But I can't own her And I never will No I can't own her And that's a bitter pill Taken with rain 'Til the gutter shines like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky I've got all morning I've got all year It's down in my pocket With the daylight folded there But I can't own her And I never will No I can't own her And that's a bitter pill Taken with rain How I'd wash her hair like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky And when I say I can't own her I don't mean to buy her It's nothing at all to do with money I merely want her in my arms Forever more. Is that an odd request? Is that something so funny? And I may as well wish for the moon in hand As this poor chance of love coming true But I can't own her And I never will No I can't own her And that's a bitter pill Of all the things you've got The thing you want the most Is there, and she's the one thing that you just can't have Of all the things you've got The thing you want the most Is there, and she's the one thing that you just can't have But I can't own her And I never will No I can't own her And that's a bitter pill Taken with rain Which I swallow down with the swirling sky Like the swirling sky And I can't own her And I may as well wish for the moon in hand