Wishing Won't Make It Come True

(D.S. Karr / S. Goldberger / E. Mahar)

These rooms are so empty, the shadows grown deep
The love that once filled them has long gone to sleep
Like a fire that died with a melancholy sigh
Like echoes of a time that just vanished in a lie

I don't know what the point is, I don't know what comes next
How to make the pain end how to face your faithlessness
But sometimes I wonder, do you ever really learn
That wishing won't make it come true

You didn't say you were going, you only slipped away
Leavin' me with a love that turned cold and gray
But I know I'm a strong one, oh I will make it through
'cause the spirit inside
Will help me get over you

And it's so hard to know
How to play this new game
When you can't understand
Why the rules had to change
But sometimes I wonder
If you ever really learn
That wishing won't make it come true

And I always wonder
Why you never seem to learn
That wishing won't make it come true
No wishing won't make it come true

Steve: bass, vocals / Eric Mahar: guitars

David Norris: drums / Mark Lalama: accordion

Herb Nelson: piano / Penner MacKay: tambourine