Wish You Were Here - Bettye Lavette

Oh how I wish you were here

We were just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl

Year after year

Now I'm running over

That same old ground

What have I found

The same old fears

Oh how I wish you were here

So you think you can tell

Heaven from hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail

A smile from a veil

Do you think you can tell

Did they get you to trade

All your heroes for ghosts

Hot ashes for trees

Hot air for a cool breeze

Cold comfort for change

Did you exchange

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in a cage

Oh how I wish you were here

We were just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl

Year after year

And now I'm running over

The same old ground

What have I found

The same old fears

Sure do wish you were here

Sure do wish you were here

God I wish you were here