Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bill Anderson
Canonical path: /bill-anderson/i-wish-it-was-mine
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Wish It Was Mine
Read I Wish It Was Mine lyrics by Bill Anderson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Wish It Was Mine
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Somewhere a telephone is ringing right now
Someone's old sweetheart is on the line
She's calling to patch up an old love affair oh I wish it was mine
Somebody's writing a letter right now and saying oh Lawd I was blind
Somebody's darling longs to come home oh I wish it was mine
But you never write me and you never phone there's somebody else on your mind
And somebody's heart is glad you don't love me oh I wish it was mine
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You never write me and you never phone there's somebody else on your mind
And somebody's heart is glad that you left me oh I wish it was mine
Oh I wish it was mine
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Bill Anderson performs "I Wish It Was Mine", and this lyric page sits inside the Bill Anderson catalog on LyroVerse.
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