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Artist: Indigo Girls
Canonical path: /indigo-girls/wish-you-were-here
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Wish You Were Here
Read Wish You Were Here lyrics by Indigo Girls on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wish You Were Here
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So
So you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue sky's from grey
Can you tell a green field?
From a cold steel rail
A smile from a veil
Yeah do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade?
Your hero's for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Yeah and did you exchange
A walk on part in this war
For a leading 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
We're running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Well I wish you were here
I said I wish you were here yeah
Oh how I wish you were here
How I wish you were here
Hey and I wish you were here
Hey my rock star
How did you get so turned around?
My rock star
How you did you get so turned around
Oh my rock star
(How did you get so turned around?)
Did you get so turned around?
Hey my rock star
(How did you get so turned around?
Inside out
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
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