Story Behind The Song

That's how it is......

Song Description

musing on what life has been, is now, and could be for a person who has really lived

Lyrics

WISH I COULD BY NOEL ESKEW

I HAD A PLAN AND I HAD SOME DREAMS
BUT I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
SO WHAT'S TO STOP ME IF I PUT ON MY COAT
AND WALK OUT THAT DOOR, JUST WALK OUT THAT DOOR?

AND GO TO A PLACE WHERE NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME
AND SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I JUST BECAME
SOMEBODY NEW, SOMEBODY WHO HAD A SIMPLE PLAN
JUST LIVE EACH DAY, JUST DO THE BEST I CAN.
WISH I COULD , WISH I COULD.


ALL MAMA EVER WANTED WAS FOR ME TO NOT BE SAD
SAID I WAS PRETTY, I WAS SMART
SAID THEY'D LOVE ME WHATEVER I DID, HER & DAD
THEN WHY'D IT FEEL LIKE I BROKE HER HEART, JUST BROKE HER HEART?

WHEN I SAID THAT I WANTED TO BE SOMETHING BIG SOMEDAY
WHY DID SHE LOOK LIKE SOMEONE I'D JUST BETRAYED?
DID SHE KNOW, COULD SHE SEE WHAT MY LIFE IS NOW
ALL GROWN UP AND FEELING ALL BROKEN DOWN.
THAT'S HOW IT IS, THAT'S HOW IT IS.


I KNOW IT'S NOT POLITE TO MAKE Y'ALL LISTEN TO
ALL MY TROUBLES AND MY PAIN
BUT I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING THRU
HOPING THAT'LL HELP IT GO AWAY, WISH IT WOULD JUST GO AWAY.

AND I WOULD WAKE UP AND I WOULD BE GLAD THE SUN'S IN THE SKY
AND I WOULD THINK THAT IT REALLY IS GOOD TO BE ALIVE
AND I WOULD SMILE AND I WOULD SING AND I'D FEEL BLESSED
COULD THAT BE SUCH AN UNGRANTABLE REQUEST?
MAYBE SO, MAYBE SO.