[Verse 1]
Some come for the music
And some for romance
You've got to be with the boy that brought you to the dance
Then across the room there comes a casual glance
And you'll be making some time given half the chance

[Verse 2]
Now some like to look
And some like to touch
All the things that they can't have
Way too much
Some like to get real close to the flame
Once they're near the heat
You know they're never the same

[Chorus]
Why do we want
What we know we can't have?
And why don't we want
What's in the palm of our hands?
Why are we always looking
At what's just out of our grasp?
Why do we want
What we know we can't have?
[Verse 3]
Well Susie was out driving her new corvette
She hadn't made that second payment yet
She rear ended a Semi
But not by choice
She was a rubbernecking a new Rolls Royce

[Chorus]
Now why do we want
What we know we can't have?
And why don't we want
What's in the palm of our hands?
Why are we always looking
At what's just out of our grasp?
Why do we want
What we know we can't have?
Yeah, why do we want
What we know we can't have?
Why don't we want
What's in the palm of our hands?
Why are we always looking
At what's just out of our grasp?
Why do we want
What we know we can't have?

Tell me now