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Wish I Were You

from Takes Time by Jim Guthrie

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lyrics

Wish I Were You

Throw it out
It's lost its shape
In need of repair
No time for escape
But leave no doubt
There's a light to be seen
It's coming over the hill
Somebody screamed

We never knew
And we still don't
Is it true?
Wish I were you
Somebody screamed, ‘I wish I were you’

So hear me out
Don't mean to sound cute
But sometimes yer drunk boy
And sometimes you puke
But leave no doubt
There's a light to be seen
It's coming over the hill
Somebody screamed

We never knew
And we still don't
Is it true?
Wish I were you
Somebody scream, ‘I wish I were you’
If we do nothing
There's nothing left to do
Wish I were you
Somebody scream
“I wish I were you”

Somebody scream
‘In my time of lying’

You're talking to a ghost
The ghosts are all around
They're everywhere you look
The ghosts they write the book
Somebody screamed
You're talking to a ghost
Who says ‘I wish I were you
Cause then I'd get back
To the land of living
And fix all this crazy shit’

credits

from Takes Time, released May 7, 2013
Wish I Were You
Jim Guthrie - guitars, vocals
Evan Clarke - drums
Simon Osbourne - bass
Shaw-Han Liem - piano, synth
Owen Pallet - violins and arrangement
Mike Olsen - cello
Philippe Custeau - pedal steel

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Jim Guthrie Toronto, Ontario

Musician, composer living in Toronto.

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