Lyrics to
Wish You Were Here

This version of Wish You Were Here was released by Alice Cooper in 1976.

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I sent you a postcard
Thought it would be funny
Would have sent a souvenir
But they took all my money
It’s pretty warm down here but it ain’t sunny
And I’m having a Hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
I tried to call you
I tried to call you
Long distance operators that only stall you
Besides the damn rates are so high
They just appall you
And I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
And I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
It started out on a nice vacation
Left the station right on time
Now it’s turned to near frustration
I’m just a prisoner in time
Can’t get a ticket to get me home, my dear
And I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
Seeing all the sights here
I’m getting lonely
I’d show you all the film I took if they would only get ley me go home
Dear, sincerely
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here
I’m having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here

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About Lyrics and Wish You Were Here by Alice Cooper

When you decide to study the lyrics to Wish You Were Here, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Alice Cooper. Some of the lyrics to Wish You Were Here have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Alice Cooper and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Wish You Were Here if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Wish You Were Here" means the words set to the music of Wish You Were Here, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. 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 Wish You Were Here and the lyrics to Wish You Were Here are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wish You Were Here, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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