I Want What I Want When I Want It
Composer(s): Victor Herbert
Performer(s): Percy Faith



Though fools may prate
Of the married state
And the evils of bachelor life
I’m happier by far
Than the married men are
Who are cursed with a shrew for a wife
I drink my fill if I have the will
With friends who are tried and old
And oft when the company’s good
I stay: I may not get home
Till the break of day
But if dinner is waiting and I am away
There is no one to nag me or scold
For I want what I want when I want it
That’s all that makes life worth the while
For the wine that tonight
Fills my soul with delight
On the morrow may seem to me vile
There’s no worldly pleasure
Myself I deny 
There’s no one
To ask me the wherefore or why
I eat when I’m hungry
And drink when I’m dry, for
I want what I want when I want it!
The fireside joys with the fuss and noise
Of children who fight and squall
May do for the man
On the home-staying plan
But it wouldn’t suit me, not at all!
Of course, your life, if you have no wife
Is lonesome at times, and slow, but
Whether you marry or not, they say
You’re bound to regret it either way
Let those who are single
Be sorry who may
I’d be sorrier married, I know