Guido's Song

I would like to be here, I would like to be there I would like to be everywhere at once I know that's a contradiction in terms And it's a problem especially when my body's nearing forty As my mind is nearing ten I can hardly stay up and I can't get to sleep And I don't want to wake tomorrow morning at the bottom of some heap But why take it so seriously? After all, there's nothing at stake here; only me I want to be young and I want to be old I would like to be wise before my time And yet be foolish and brash and bold I would like the universe to get down on its knees And say, "Guido, whatever you please It's okay even if it's impossible we'll arrange it" That's all that I want I am lusting for more; should I settle for less? I ask you what's a good thing for if not for taking it to excess? One limitation I dearly regret, there's only one of me I've ever met I would like to have another me to travel along with myself I would even like to be able to sing a duet with myself I would like to be here, sing along with myself In a song to be there walking down a lane now Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere That's a contradiction in terms I want to be here with a counter here Melody in the here, top of the morning to you Guido, Guido, Guido, Guido Guido, Guido, Me, me, me I want to be Proust or the Marquis De Sade I would like to be Christ, Mohammed, Buddha But not have to believe in God And you know I mean it with all of my heart It's the end if something important doesn't start I want to be young but I have to be old What I want is a tale of sound and fury that some idiot went and told I would like the universe to get down on its knees And say, "Guido, whatever you please It's okay even if it's ridiculous we'll arrange it" So arrange it (arrange it) That's all that I want Guido, Guido Guido, Guido Guido, Guido Contini, Contini, Contini, Contini Contini, Contini, Contini, Contini Guido (See what I mean?) Guido