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If Wishes Were Horses

from Live in Brooklyn by Painless Parker

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We're all entitled to a little pity party every now and again. Just so long as you turn the lights off and clean up when you're done.

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I wish I had more money, I wish I had more time
I wish some one'd pay me every time I made it rhyme
I wish I had a better house, at least a better bed
I wish my baby didn't have to work so hard to keep us fed
I wish there was a pill to take to get me off my ass
I wish I had more follow through, wish I'd stayed awake in class

But when all is said and done, my life it ain't so terrible
And if wishes were horses, the smell would be unbearable

I wish I was in better shape, I wish I'd learned to dance
I wish I could whisk my baby off for a week or two in France
I wish my student loans were paid, I wish Grandma wasn't dead
I wish something besides whiskey stopped the chatter in my head
I wish I could get off these meds and wander through the town
Without this goddamn city grindin' me into the ground

But when all is said and done, my life it ain't so terrible
And if wishes were horses, the smell would be unbearable
Yeah, when all is said and done, my life it ain't so terrible
And if wishes were horses, the smell would be unbearable

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from Live in Brooklyn, released November 28, 2014
Words and music: Painless Parker
Vocals, guitar: Painless Parker

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Painless Parker Brooklyn, New York

Born under a barstool and raised by a pack of wild koalas, Painless Parker plays a mixed bag of country laments, sea shanties, murder ballads and classic rockers, filtered through a grimy, whiskey-stained punk lens. He's fluent in two languages, and can cuss in at least seventeen. He enjoys rabble-rousing, shindigging, booze drinking and merrymaking. ... more

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