Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Canonical path: /wyclef-jean/wish-you-were-here
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wish You Were Here
Read Wish You Were Here lyrics by Wyclef Jean on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wish You Were Here
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Lets go
so so you think you can tell
heaven from hell
blue skies from pain
can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rain
a smile from a fair
do you think you can tell
did they get you to trade
your heroes for goals
hot ashes for trees
hot air for a cool breeze
cold comfort for change
did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in the game
whether your listening to hip hip-hop
or your tuning to rock
refugees on your box
we gonna take over ya blocks
lets go
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
but have we found the same old fears
wish you were here
whether you listening to rock
or you pumping the hip-hop
refugees on your box
critics don´t mistake this for just any cover tune
I´ma take ya all to the dark side of the moon
kicking in my moms womb this song was just a thought
a young refugee labeled, just come with a passport
dad used to tell me about the american dream
my dream was waking up the projects
a young teen listening to hip-hop
my brother tuned me into rock
put me up on pink floyd a band from the british blocks
whether you pumpin the hip hip-hop
or you tuning to rock
refugees in your box we gonna take over your blocks
from n.j. to bk to the uk
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
but have we found the same old fears
wish you were here
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Wyclef Jean performs "Wish You Were Here", and this lyric page sits inside the Wyclef Jean catalog on LyroVerse.
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