Lyr Req: If Wishes Were Horses (Gretchen Peters)

Subject: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 07:50 PM

Anyone know the lyrics to this bluegrass song?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 08:04 PM

I heard it on Rounder's "O Sister" album.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: Amergin
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 08:07 PM

i heard it from Seamus Kennedy....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 08:09 PM

Hmmm. I can't find it. Looks like it's on the Claire Lynch Silver and Gold album that I thought I had, but I can't find it. It's also on a couple of albums by Kenny Rogers, and on recordings by Sequoyah and Songhunter.
But not on anything I have.
Hang on - somebody is sure to have it.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Add: IF WISHES WERE HORSES (Gretchen Peters)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 08:35 PM

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.

CHORUS:
I said the grass is greener on the other side,
Somewhere there's a bluer sky
I won't stop runnin' til I'm satisfied,
And if wishes were horses, I would ride, ride, ride.

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.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 08:46 PM

Thanks! it is a nice song, isn't it?!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'If wishes were horses'
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 04:13 PM

Joel Mabus also wrote a song "If Wishes Were Horses". It was a good song, too.

Roger in Baltimore