If wishes were horses, beggars could ride,
That's what they say in the old bromide,
And who am I to deny a platitude?
It's all so bandied about, you know
That sometimes wishing will make it so
And that's the why and where for all the latitude
in my attitude (What's your attitude?)
If I had a wishing well
(The world would be so swell)
I'd right all the wrongs, cure all the ills,
Lift all the mortgages, pay all the bills
Pull off the weeds and plant daffodils
If I had a wishing well (wishing well)
If I had a wishing well
The farmer in the dell
Would soon throw away his plough and his hoe
He'd sit in the shade and watch his crop grow
There'd soon be silk where it's now cuticle
(If we had a wishing well
We'd make every tree a Christmas tree
Covered with gifts
And then... then we would tell all the world
That there should be peace on earth
Good will to men)
If I had a wishing well
What sadness I'd dispell
I'd find a reward for all who must toil
Stop all those wars on that faraway soil
(To play the game according to all)
If I had a wishing well
(Here's wishing you well!)