I Wish

(album: Southern Stars - 1984)

Met a man from Ireland
Drinking in a bar
Although his voice was soft and warm
His eyes were cold and hard
He spoke of Irish children
Knowing only war
I wish I could have know-own him better
I might have understood it a-all

I wish where was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away

I hear the voice of Poland
It's calling out to me
Sighing, crying, dying to be free
Their streets are full of armour
Their eyes are full of tears
Must they live this life of sadness
For year-ears and years and years

I wish where was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away
Something to ease the pain away

I wish I was a hero
Fighting for the rights of man
Wish I was a tribesman in
In the hills of Afghanistan
I wish I was a soldier
Fighting for the peace
Fighting down in El Salvador
Fighting insanity, inhumanity

I wish there was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away
I wish where was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away
Oh, you know I wish there was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away
I wish there was something I could say
Something to ease the pain away...