If Wishes Were Horses

I never shot a man down in cold blood
for taking what I had
but I wanted to.

I could see him in my mind
clutching at his chest
and falling to the ground
as I walked away

If wishes were horses
Beggars would ride
If I did what I wanted
I'd be locked up inside

I never shot a man down in cold blood
for taking what I had
but I wanted to

I never quit my job
packed a single bag
and left this nowhere town
but I wanted to

Standing by the roadside
my thumb is in the air
and I'm out of here

If wishes were wheels
Beggars would ride
Lincolns and Buicks
with leather inside

I never quit my job
packed a single bag
and left this nowhere town
but I wanted to

Oh Mary
What has happened to your son
Nothing in this world
ever seems to go the way
that he wants it to

I never met a woman
who could love me like she did
but I wanted to

She's in some other town
in some other state
with some other man
and a child or two

If wishes were horses
this beggar would ride
across all that distance
to be by her side

I never met a woman
who could love me like she did
but I wanted to

I never met a woman
who could love me like she did
but I wanted to

Bruce Henderson