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I Wish You Were Here © Terry Rush 2004


When I’m alone …, for days at a time
I erect walls… no one could climb
My delusions continue… disturbed and surreal
It’s a daunting task… sorting out what’s real

It’s clear to me…. On a revolving display
We make the same choices…. Day after day
we have everything…. that money can buy
can’t purchase a solution…. that will unify

bridge

You are my anchor…. So I don't drift away
You are the reason… I hold my demons at bay
When I cross the line …and see only despair
I find my way back… when I know you”re there

Chorus
I wish you were here
I wish you here right now
I’ve been looking at the world
without you beside me
the world gets inside me
I wish you were here
I wish you here right now
Cause I been lookin’ at the world

Loneliness is a magnet….attracts the paranoid
Conspiracies collect….clutters the void
Nights are restless…bouncing off the walls
My hope gets twisted…when clarity stalls

The self righteous sages… limiting my freedom
If I miss the rapture…I’m left out of the kingdom
These vicars of virtue….see it only one way
And if you disagree …there"ll be hell to pay

bridge

You are my ally… on that I depend
Someone to trust… unconditional friend
the world ‘s a circus… three ring mess
the pursuit of more…adds to my distress

chorus


[This message has been edited by trush (edited 05-03-2004).]

Terry,

This is a very different lyric style for you! Hmmm...a whole different viewpoint. Sounds pretty dark... might it be punk rock country? Sounds like a very powerful song. Strong imagery. I've read it several times and I'm not quite sure what I think yet.

Do you have music yet? If so, what is the music like?
--CC

[This message has been edited by c.c.cherrier (edited 04-26-2004).]

Hey Terry

I'm not sure of the melody or tone yet from a couple of reads , but you just might have to shoot this video in a very dark house with boarded up windows or padded walls.
Is this guy lonely or dangerous ?
Just kidding - good read !

Don

Hey cc....My wife had been gone for a week or so and we are much saner together than apart...At the end of this period I was watching late night t.v. and starting to feel disturbed by the state of the world and wishing my anchor was here, right now....I can't spend too much time in this state of mind or I lose hope....she travels alot for her job so this a repeating pattern....someone told us..." together you guys are unstoppable....apart your just unstable"....Anyway thats my story and I'm sticking to it....Trush

Hey Canadian....He's just lonely....dangerous only to himself....This world can be frightening without someone to make sense of it all with you....Thanks for the read.....Trush

trush,

Sounds like it's good you write songs to occupy your mind when she's away! I think you have a good vision for this song. Although as it stands, JMO, it may be a personal song only for her. Maybe a spin-off song on the same subject, as it is a subject with universal appeal.

--CC

trush...like this much...and lately I can relate...between my hubby and me-although we don't travel for business-our hours are like if we do. We only see each other lately while the the other is sleeping...

one small thing...in reading your post to cc...when I read this, I think she's gone-like permanently. I don't know if that is what you meant to do-but it it isn't...maybe there's to indicate somewhere that the absences are temporary...

otherwise...it is a really good read...hope there is music to follow...

keep it coming!!

Good lines Terry, my friends say I look lost when my wife is away. If this is personal song, all well & good, but commercialy has the same title as a recent million+ plus seller by Mark Wills.
It happens to us all.

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Hey Terry
I like this one, but I thought of some other lines for the chorus,

Maby drop one of the I's, Just an idea,

I wish you were here
Wish you were here right now
Without you beside me
The world gets inside me
And the things I see and feel
Can this be for real
I wish you were hear
Wish you were here right now.

Just a thought!

Emmy

Thanks so much for the kind words all of you!

nicnac....thank you very much...she's usually gone at least 2 weeks a month....it's a drag....but a song came from the absence so i guess it's cool.

dennis....thanks buddy....i don't listen to much radio...it confuses me....so i didn't even know about the song with the same title.

emmy....thanks for the two lines i'm stealing them as we speak....thanks alot..

Terry,
The other song is a Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, & another writer I cannot recall's composition.

Storyline is different. A woman gets a postcard from her husband after learning he died in a planecrash when returning home.The card shows a tropical island, his note described it as 'heaven' & "wish you were here"