Bruce Springsteen - With Every Wish

with every wish – bruce springsteen

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ol’ catfish in the lake we called him big jim

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when i was a kid my only wish ws to get my line in him
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skipped church one sunday rowed out and throw’d in my line
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jim took that hook pole and me right over the side
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went driftin’ down past old tires and rusty cans of beer
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the angel of the lake whispered in my ear
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“before you choose your wish son
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you better think first
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with every wish there comes a curse . ”

i fell in love with beautiful doreen
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she was the prettiest thing this old town’d ever seen
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i courted her and i made her mine
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but i grew jealous whenever another man’d
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come walkin’ down the line
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and my jealousy made me treat her hard and cruel
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she sighed , “bobby oh bobby you’re such a fool .
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don’t you know before you choose your wish
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you’d better think first
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’cause with every wish there comes a curse . ”

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these days i sit around and laugh at the many rivers i’ve crossed
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but on the far banks there’s always another forest where a man can get lost
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well there in the high trees love’s bluebird glides
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guiding us ’cross to another river on the other side
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and there someone is waitin’ with a look in her eyes
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and though my heart’s grown weary
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and more than a little bit shy
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tonight i’ll drink from her waters to quench my thirst

and leave the angels to worry
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with every wish

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