The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66059   Message #1092976
Posted By: Joe Offer
14-Jan-04 - 08:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: If Wishes Were Horses (Gretchen Peters)
Subject: Lyr Add: IF WISHES WERE HORSES (Gretchen Peters)
I lied. I have it on the Rounder O Sister! collection. Nice song.

If Wishes Were Horses
(Gretchen Peters)

Well, I was born with a dark cloud above me,
A longing deep in my soul
I was raised up right, and I know my mama loved me,
But I begged her to let me go.
You know I love you, my true companion,
You've been my life-long friend;
But there's a hunger inside me that I can't abandon
Til I see what's around the bend.

[Chorus and instrumental break]

Now I've been a road (?) and I've been a rambler
I know too well my sins
I've got the faith of a saint but the soul of a gambler
And a heart like the restless wind.

[Chorus]


transcribed from the Claire Lynch recording.