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Artist: Ben Folds
Canonical path: /ben-folds/how-i-wish-you-were-here
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How I Wish You Were Here
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How I Wish You Were Here
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So, 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
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found the same old fears.
Wish you were here
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Ben Folds performs "How I Wish You Were Here", and this lyric page sits inside the Ben Folds catalog on LyroVerse.
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