I Also Want
I also want to go out
to drink to dance to betray to rob.
I also want to to snatch
to eat to rip to be a glutton
to throw up everything,
to trample everyone who stands in my way,
to stand on what is mine without falling.
I also want a little gun
that opens doors and closes issues.
I want to pay cash
under the table
to some worker Ne'eman Fodelman.
I also want draw from the sleeve
to laugh at cancellation
and to say in swearwords
I bought I sold I closed I aimed
I shot I struck the target.
I also want to be
the son of someone who swindles
and defrauds and got a pardon,
son of a daddy who'll set up
the easy life in the army,
daddy will pay and take care of the complaint.
I also want to be bored,
excited, married, excited
to put to bed, to use,
to throw (out) and to disown,
to finish fast, run to tell.
It's also me who they'll write about in sports,
rumours and news
May they spread rumours, names, lies,
scandals and shameful things.
I also want to write a novel
autobiography
educational and all-revealing
to search for me and find myself,
and to tell that's me, that's me.
I want the biggest,
the fastest, the nicest
I want the best of everything,
and the most of everything.
I want this in front of me, colourful,
natural on my screen
I want to be there,
I want to be there.
I also want, I also want.
I also want to buy myself
soccer or basketball teams
I want on the wall
an original mona lisa painting
I want to be one of the friends
of the museum
I also want a salon with a window,
a building that faces the mediterranean
I also want a friend in the Knesset
and in the Income Tax (dept.)
I also want to make the market run,
jump and fall
I also want a guard a private driver
and a big limo
I also want a spot in the
executive of the party,
that will take me with it on its side
I want the biggest, fastest, nicest
I want the best, the most.
I want the very best
and the most.
I want this in front of me, colourful,
natural on my screen
I want to be there,
I want to be there.
I also want, I also want.
