I wish that I could be with you

And hold you in my arms,

Whisper all my love to you

And kiss away your tears.

I wish that I could take your cares

And put them all away,

Neatly folded into drawers

While pleasure lights your smile.

I wish that joy could step inside

Your heart and stay awhile,

And all the rain could turn into

A rainbow in the sun.

And all our loneliness like mist

Could fade into the blue,

A memory of sad, hard times

That happened long ago.

But I cannot come home right now,

And you cannot come here;

And so our dreams must be the fields

On which we laugh and play.

If life cannot be what we want,

It will, it will be so;

For love can turn the harshest light

To gold through sheer affection.