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Wish You Were Here

A haunting track from *Wish You Were Here*, 1975, perfect for acoustic sing-alongs.

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell, blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?

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 a cage?

Chorus

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

What have we found?
The same old fears

Wish you were here