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As she leads me through the palace
She points out that it aint paint it’s real gold
She seems to know every story
That these walls have ever told

And we’re standing by a river on a balcony
Until security move us along
And I take her by the arm and I whisper
‘This would be a good place to sing you one of my songs’

she says ‘I wish’, ‘I wish’

Well in the club there’s hardly room to stand
They’re playing the blues, it’s getting real loose in here
I close my eyes and let the guitar wash over me
I feel the weight of this city, disappear

Outside he offers me a cigarette
Knows I just cant turn ‘em down
With cherry candy glowin’ from his lips
he says ‘it must be about time that you jumped town’

‘I wish’, ‘I wish’

Well, it’s that time of the night
so I put my cards on the table
Offering the last train ride back to mine
Uncomfortably she turns to her friends in the station
Explains she’ll be going my way for the night

She’s only coming over for one thing
And it aint a cup of tea
Lying naked with her hair on my shoulder
I murmur ‘that you like gold to me’

She says ‘I wish’, ‘I wish’

Well he knows he’s quite a talker
At night we debate fiercely
But at 3am curled up in my thoughts
Well she agrees with me

That there’s an ancient way of living
Buried deep within our bones
There’s a desire within in each of us
To burn our money to burn our clothes
And to hurtle towards a freedom
To run the race alone
To leave society and all its machines
To leave the city and these assholes.

I said ‘I wish’, ‘I wish’, ‘I wish’, ‘I wish’

But you just can’t stay, but you just can’t escape
And you just can’t stay, and you just can’t escape

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from Oh Restless Heart, track released October 1, 2010
Tim Hassall: vocals, guitars
Erin Rae: vocals
James: drums
Ben Harris: bass
Reiner Erlings: grand piano
Katy Hassall: celtic harp

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