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Artist: Roger Waters
Canonical path: /roger-waters/wish-you-were-here
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wish You Were Here
Read Wish You Were Here lyrics by Roger Waters 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 skys 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?
And hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the warFor a lead role in a cage?
How I wish
How I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimmin' in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
And I wish that you were here
Oh, how I wish you were here
How I wish
How I wish you were here
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
And I wish that you were here
"Thank you. I wish they were here."
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Roger Waters performs "Wish You Were Here", and this lyric page sits inside the Roger Waters catalog on LyroVerse.
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