I Wish I May

from Summer Triangle by Strummingbird Vegabond

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3. I WISH I MAY
Words and music by Rebecca Kelley

I wish I may I wish I might have this dream I wish tonight
That all our little dreams come true
It starts with me and it ends with you

See those that have never known true love
Don’t know what the lovers are talking of
And if you say that you love me true
Sometimes the filter on my heart
Just doesn’t let it through

There’s so much to fear in this old world
Sometimes the cold wind blows can’t get my sails unfurled
How to trust things will just turn out for the best
And the reason for pain’s to learn happiness

I ask why why why the water answers deep
I ask how how how the waves they crash at my feet
Then while you give me all your love
I simply toss it back
I could be basking in your light
But all I see is black

So wish for us on something grand
That our love it is a rock that keeps us off of the sand
And that all of those things that would tear us apart
Crash into our bond and bounce back into dark

I further wish that in the presence of doubt
That our love has the strength to pull us back out
And the maze through the hurt that destroys what I know
Is just the long way to teach me how to let
How to let it all go

So ask why why why it’s in the depth of the sea
And how how how is like an anchor on me
And all of these questions are just weight on my back
Your love is bathing me in riches all I see is what I lack

I wish I may I wish I wish that I might
Have this dream that I wish tonight

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from Summer Triangle, released January 11, 2023
All songs words and music by Rebecca Kelley
Mixed by Damien Margo
Recorded September 21, 2022 at the Recording Center in Missoula, Montana by Rick Kuschel
Original cover art by Rebecca Kelley
Graphics and videos by Britt Arnesen

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Britt K. Arnesen is a Montana folksinger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. She plays in the longtime Missoula band Pinegrass. Britt is originally from Juneau, Alaska.

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