Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joan Armatrading
Canonical path: /joan-armatrading/wishing
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wishing
Read Wishing lyrics by Joan Armatrading on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wishing
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I saw a star
Falling
Like an old
Hollywood actress
A neon sign
With just one letter showing
A burned out light
At my feet
I took a wish
I wished
I wished on that jewel
From the sky
I wished on the moon
Haunting the trees
A target too big for the sky
I wanted it so bad
I was wishing on a prayer
But it kept right on dodging
A riderless horse
From the left to the right
Straight to the eye
Yet changing direction
There within reach
And then out of sight
I'd waited too long
Watched for that pot to boil
Waited too long for the whistle
I wanted it so bad
I was wishing on a prayer
But it kept right on dodging
A riderless horse
From the left to the right
Straight to the eye
Yet changing direction
There within reach
And then out of sight
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Joan Armatrading performs "Wishing", and this lyric page sits inside the Joan Armatrading catalog on LyroVerse.
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