I Wish

I WISH

I wish I was a chauffer 
California, New Year's Eve 
Driving around a pretty lady with a hanky up her sleeve 
I would light her tiparillos just as civil as you please 

I wish I was a diver on a ship with Jacques Cousteau 
I'd get a picture in our rubber suits so that everyone would know 
"Hey, you really know Jacques?" 
I'd say, "Yeah, just look at this" 
I'd show it everywhere I go, Jacques Cousteau, Jacques Cousteau 

I wish I was a cartoon 
I wish I was Peter Pan 
Then I could fly away from sorrow and never have to feel like a man 
You ask me why I'm still a child? 
Well, it's just because I am 

I wish I had a cabin on the top of some big hill 
I'd build a fire every evening and listen to thwe whipporwill 
Eat my food out of a garden and drink my whiskey from a still 
I wish I was a diamond on the back of your skinny little hand 
Then I could keep my eye on you 
Maybe then I would understand 
How you just leave us all weeping just to prove that you still can