Simple form

Okay I have been at this for a while without success. I have read others questions that are the same as mine, and I have seen no resolution. With that said, here is my question/problem. I want to create a simple form, but drupal does not allow simple forms the way I see them. I need to place field where I want the, with the labels where I want them, and I want it to look like a simple data entry page. You know, like a good old fashioned HTML form. I don't want the hyped up nonsense flash of 'oh look at my pretty page', I need a catalog entry system plain and simple. Can someone help, and don't say Webforms. That mod is useless for me need. Or to put it nicely, been there tried that...it is really not all that. Thanks in advance, and hope I am brining this to the right place.