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Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here (Live at Nassau Coliseum 1988)

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[Instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a leading role in a cage?
[Chorus]
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

Track Info / Track Info

Writer
David Gilmour, Roger Waters
Producer
David Gilmour
Recording Location
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA, 19th-23rd August 1988