Lyrics to
Wishing

This version of Wishing was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1979.

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Little darlin’,don’t you cry,
You know I’ll try to be there with you by and by
When everything is going wrong now don’t you cry.
I’m wishin’.
Little darlin’,far away,
I see the world go rollin’ by my window pane,
But I can only wish that I was there again.
I’m wishin’.

I wish that everything was cold,
I wish you were here to hold,I’m wishin’.

Little darlin’,the night is long,
I thought I’d be back now I must have got it wrong
You and California call me in this song.
I’m wishin’.

Little darlin’ I see you,you’re cryin’ in the sun
I gotta be with you,
I’m gonna be with there soon I’ll make it all come true.
I’m wishin’.

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About Lyrics and Wishing by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics to Wishing are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Wishing have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Wishing by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Wishing" means the words set to the music of Wishing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Wishing and the lyrics to Wishing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wishing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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