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The Milk Carton Kids - "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Milk Carton Kids
The Milk Carton Kids
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Gilmour
David Gilmour
Songwriter
Roger Waters
Roger Waters
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
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 the cage?
[Verse 3]
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimmin' in a fishbowl
Year after year
Runnin' over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
[Verse 4]
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 the cage?
Written by: David Gilmour, Roger Waters

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