I wanna make you watch all my favorite shows
Wanna expose your deepest secret so everybody knows
Wanna watch you cook my dinner from my easy chair
Wanna tell you I don’t care if you think life is unfair
Wanna hear water filling up the tub just before my bath
Wanna take all of your money and let you do the math
Wanna smell pancakes and eggs, waking in my bed
Wanna wash the puny brain in your pretty little head
All I wanna do is to control you

I wanna take away your cell phone for my own
Wanna text whenever I am not at home
Wanna sext whenever you’re too busy for me
Wanna delete all your contacts, all except for me
Wanna call all your friends and tell `em you can’t talk
Wanna listen to your calls and watch you like a hawk
Wanna make your actions echo every word I say
Wanna show you who is boss every single day
All I wanna do is to control you

I wanna sit next to you while you steer the wheel
Wanna be chauffeured ‘cos that’s just how I feel
Wanna let you know when it’s time to make a turn
Wanna ride till there’s no more gasoline to burn
Wanna tell you when to start and when it’s time to stop
Wanna make you evade the law and ignore every cop
Wanna make you drive faster when I’m feelin’ slow
Wanna hear you complainin’ how I’m always on the go
All I wanna do is to control you

I wanna let you know that you are not alone
Wanna run ‘em off the road for talkin on the phone
Wanna shout that the air and road belong to me
Wanna collect a toll ‘cos my road isn’t free
Wanna let everyone learn to get out of my way
Wanna end all freedom, it’s the price they gotta pay
Wanna give them equal opportunity to fall
Wanna let each one know who is in charge of it all
All I wanna do is control you too

05/31/2011

Author's Note: After getting cut off by a few drivers and others just not following the rules of the road today, a friend and I were talking about the state of driving, which lead to discussing the general desire people have to control the lives of others. So I thought it would be amusing to write a poem from the perspective of some people I have come across who need to control everyone and everything around them. I wish the subject category had sarcasm or twisted humor in the list. I picked humor to describe it, but that doesn't really go far enough. It doesn't read as funny as I was thinking it and if it was introspective, I think I'd hate myself... jj

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