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I Wish, I Wish

Released by Cat Stevens in 1970
From the Album: Mona Bone Jakon |

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I wish I knew, I wish I knew
what makes me, me, and what makes you, you.
It’s just another point of view, ooo.
A state of mind I’m going through, yes.
So what I see is never true, ahhh.

I wish I could tell, I wish I could tell
what makes a heaven what makes a hell.
And do I get to ring my bell, ooo.
Or land up in some dusty cell, no.
While others reach the big hotel, yeah.

I wish I had, I wish I had
the secret of good, and the secret of bad.
Why does this question drive me mad? ahhh.
‘Cause I was taught when but a lad, yes,
That bad was good and good was bad, ahhh.

I wish I knew the mystery of
that thing called hate, and that thing called love.
What makes the in-between so rough? ahhh.
Why is it always push and shove? ahhh
I guess I just don’t know enough, yes.


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The lyrics to I Wish, I Wish are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Cat Stevens used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to I Wish, I Wish have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Cat Stevens and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Wish, I Wish by Cat Stevens. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Wish, I Wish" means the words set to the music of I Wish, I Wish, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Wish, I Wish and the lyrics to I Wish, I Wish are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Wish, I Wish, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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