Lyrics to
I Wish You Well

This version of I Wish You Well was released by Bill Withers in 1975.

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I wish you flowers sunshine and smiles
I wish you children that grow to make you proud
I wish you pretty things to wear
Sweet things to smell

I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

I wish you good friends that always treat you fair
Wanna wish you ribbons to tie around your hair
I wish you truckloads of cheer and many happy years

I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

Wanna wish you freedom to do the things you love
I wish you blessings and kindness from above
Wanna wish you sunlight through the clouds
And I hope you laugh out loud

I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

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Bill Withers has released many songs over the years besides I Wish You Well. Bill Withers released songs from 1971 to 1985 spanning across albums like Just As I Am, Still Bill, Live At Carnegie Hall, #NAME?, Making Music, Making Friends, Naked & Warm, Menagerie, 'Bout Love, and Watching You, Watching Me. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bill Withers.

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About Lyrics and I Wish You Well by Bill Withers

The lyrics to I Wish You Well are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bill Withers used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to I Wish You Well have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bill Withers 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 You Well by Bill Withers. 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 You Well" means the words set to the music of I Wish You Well, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bill Withers. 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 You Well and the lyrics to I Wish You Well are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bill Withers who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Wish You Well, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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