I Don't Need It

©Dave Clegg

I don’t need a new Mercedes, 

I don’t need a Cadillac.

I don’t need a big fine mansion 

With a pool out in the back.

I don’t need a yacht for sailing, 

I don’t need a private jet,

I don’t need no trips to Paris, 

Or other places I ain’t been yet...

But I want it! I want it bad!

I want the life of luxury I never had.

I wanna buy my wife big diamond rings

And lots of other shiny things.

I don’t need it, but I want it bad.

I don’t need a tailor-made wardrobe, 

Or a Rolex on my wrist.

Of the world’s most pampered people, 

I don’t need to make the list.

I don’t need a mountain chalet, 

Or a lake-side bungalow.

I don’t need a high-rise penthouse 

On the Gulf of Mexico.

But I want it! I want it bad!

I want the life of luxury I never had.

I wanna live the high-life to the hilt

Like Rockefeller and Vanderbilt.

I don’t need it, but I want it bad.

I don’t need a personal assistant 

To help me plan my week.

I don’t need a personal trainer 

To chisel my physique.

I don’t need a bunch of servants, 

Genuflect on one knee.

And I don’t need a gourmet chef 

To fix my food for me.

But I want it! I want it bad!

I want the life of luxury I never had.

I want real estate and blue chip stocks

I wanna be the envy of Fort Knox.

I don’t need it, but I want it bad.

I wanna buy it low and sell it high,

I wanna be that little Monopoly guy.

I don’t need it, but I want it bad.

I don’t need it, but I want it bad.