The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50060   Message #760337
Posted By: Joe_F
05-Aug-02 - 07:02 PM
Thread Name: What is the saddest song?
Subject: ADD: I Wish You Were Here (Malvina Reynolds)
I WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Malvina Reynolds)

I wish you were here to be underfoot,
I wish you were here to get in my way,
To call me from work, to call me to play --
I wish you were here again.

Oh, what did I do that had to be done,
And what did I read that had to be read,
When I could have turned to watch you instead?
I wish you were here again.

The monuments rise, the monuments fall,
The papers are signed and turn into chaff,
But I can recall the sound of your laugh,
I wish you were here again.

I wish you were here, etc.

-- Malvina Reynolds

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