I Wish You Would

I wish you could see

I wish you could feel

I wish you could bend down

Touch your head to your heels

I wish you could run

Feel the wind on your cheeks

Close your eyes in the sun

And dip your toes in freedom

Stand just a little lighter

Burn bright as an LA day

Hold her a little tighter

And love the man that you are today

I wish you would

I wish you would try

I wish you would write it down

Not hold it all so tight

I wish you’d let yourself let it out

Before the years go by

And the stone does set

There’s still so much time

To set your sights on freedom

And sit just a little taller

Paint the sky like an LA night

Kiss her a little harder

And learn to love the child inside you

Learn to love the child

Learn to love the fight

Learn to be, yeah really be

Everything you try to hide