[Verse 1]
M, it seems I'd known you from the start
On a night like this by candle in the dark
Are you drinking? Are you reading?
Did you watch the barges on their low celestial waltz?

[Verse 2]
And M, I think I'd seen it once before
On a night like this a thousand nights ago
We were drinking, we were laughing, and we were stoned
In the lights, arrested motion on the shore

[Chorus]
M, what do you want?
These days I find that I sure ask myself a lot
I grow bored, angry and drunk
And lonesome, lonesome alone

[Verse 3]
M, you see I'm waiting here until
When one day, our days are finally overfilled
Are we laughing? Are we drinking? And am I still
Full of new regrets, all blood and sweat and will?

[Chorus]
M, what do you want?
These days I find that I sure ask myself a lot
I grow bored, angry and drunk
And lonesome, lonesome alone
[Outro]
Well, sometimes I lay things to rest