october 16, 2003 attribution

john butcher >> wishes >> "wishes"

JOHN BUTCHER

Wishes

"Wishes"

it's late at night in the neighborhood

and the thieves have all gone to bed

they can hear your heartbeat in the distance

as you lay down your weary head

but don't worry, 'cuz the dawn is breaking

in another room halfway around the world

and you can't waste your life wishing upon a star

'cuz if wishes were horses

if wishes were horses... hmmm

if wishes were horses

then dreamers would ride

huh, yes they would

a girl lives her life missing

some things that she never had

spends too much time in the unemployment line

you see in her eyes that it drives her mad

deep within her constitution

her pride and her dignity show through

so she works that dream, 'cuz it's all she can do

"if wishes were horses... hmmm

if wishes were horses"

she says, "if wishes were horses,

then dreamers would ride...

yes, they would"

Now I'm looking all around me for the answers

and I know you're looking hard, too

I know what you're thinking

maybe wishes come true...

if wishes were horses

if wishes were horses

I know if wishes were horses

then dreamers would ride...

hoo-hoo-hoo