Dear friend of mine,
the weather's fine
Today I saw the surroundings
of the Roman world's decline
And I climbed up those Spanish stairs,
you've heard of them, no doubt
But Rome has lost its glory,
I don't know what it's about
And I wish you were me
When the shadows fall,
and all the rushing traffic stills
Wish you were me
And the bells are ringing on the seven hills
I make my way to a small cafe
I wonder what you did today
I wish you were here
Dear one at home
I just flew in from Rome
Paris is a postcard
All decked out in color chrome
So I climbed the Eiffel Tower, I,
I prayed at Notre Dame
But I just can't
find a romance,
and I wonder why I came
And I wish you were here
The Champs -Élysées,
lovers walking hand in hand
Wish you were here
They take one look at me
and seem to understand
This city of light is a lovely sight
The first bright star I see tonight
I wish you were here
And now I write this from the pain
Drinking cheap champagne
Wondering how two people
got so far apart
And I wish you were here in London
Where the rain is pouring down
On this airplane heading
back to New York
I'll never leave you alone again,
I'm coming home but until then,
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here,
baby
I've been all around
this great big world
all on my own
I wish you were here,
None of it's any good
when you're traveling alone
Wish you were here
You hear people talking all the time
about that Taj Mahal
Wish you were here
When you get up close
it ain't really much of anything at all
I went down to Costa Rica
to a little place called Takeaway Bay,
didn't do much but sit around
and think about you all day.
Mmm -mmm -mmm -mmm -m m....
Thank