Wish You Were Here
| "Wish You Were Here" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Scraping the Palm for Guava | |||||
| Recorded | c. September–November 1988 | ||||
| Length | 2:47 | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | David Gilmour, Roger Waters | ||||
| Scraping the Palm for Guava track listing | |||||
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"Wish You Were Here" is a Pink Floyd song originally released in 1975.
Song Details
Ween recorded a cover of this song in 1988, which is present on the Scraping the Palm for Guava tape. Compared to the original, the recorded cover is shorter and sparse, only covering the initial guitar intro and the sung sections.
Gene Ween sings the lead vocal and plays guitar on their cover.
Lyrics
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 ghosts?
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?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears, wish you were here