Wish You Were Here by Wyclef Jean
Wish You Were Here by Wyclef Jean

Wish You Were Here

Wyclef Jean * Track #19 On The Ecleftic 2 Sides II a Book

Wish You Were Here Lyrics

[Intro]
Let's go

[Verse 1]
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for goals
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage

[Chorus]
Whether you listenin' to hip hip-hop
Or you tuning to rock
Refugees on your box
We gonna take over ya blocks

[Verse 2]
Let's go
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're jus two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year
Runnin over the same old ground
But have we found the same old fears
Wish you were here

[Chorus]
Whether you listenin' to rock
Or you pumpin' the hip hip hop
Refugees on your box

[Verse 3]
Critics don't mistake this for just any cover tune
I'ma take y'all to the "Dark Side of the Moon"
Kickin' in my mom's room this song was just a thought
A young refugee labeled, just come with a passport
Dad used to tell me about the American dream
My dream was waking up the projects
A young teen listenin' to hip-hop, my brother tuned me into rock
Put me up on Pink Floyd, a band from the British blocks

[Chorus]
Whether you pumpin' the hip hip hop
Or you tuning to rock
Refugees on your box
We gonna take over the blocks
From NJ to BK to the UK

Wish You Were Here Q&A

Who wrote Wish You Were Here's ?

Wish You Were Here was written by Roger Waters & David Gilmour & Jerry Duplessis & Wyclef Jean.

Who produced Wish You Were Here's ?

Wish You Were Here was produced by Jerry Duplessis & Wyclef Jean.

When did Wyclef Jean release Wish You Were Here?

Wyclef Jean released Wish You Were Here on Tue Aug 22 2000.

What did Wyclef Jean say about "Wish You Were Here"?

Wyclef sheds his thoughts in an NME interview on why he decided to cover a rock classic;

The guitar has been my hobby since I was little and Wish You Were Here, if you could play that, you were officially on your way to being a good guitar player as far as rock was concerned.It was one of my favour...

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