I wish I could but I can't
I wish I could but I can’t
Get this out of my heart
Get this out of my head

Today as I was walking to work
I saw a bird pushed up against the curb
And and as I knelt down I thought
Well, how peculiar
We can get so high
We can get so high and end up in the gutter

I wish you would but you won't
I wish you would but you won't
Hold me in your arms
Hold me in your soul

Tonight as I was driving home
At three a deer crossed the country road
And as I screeched to a stop
I laughed and I thought
Well, how sad
How sad it all is how we speed so fast
Only to crash into a dead animal

And now I see you with them
Messing with the bracelets on your wrists
And I wonder what I could do
To take back all that I did
You know I thought that I could
I know now that I am simply not able
I wish I could but I can’t
Walk right up to you
And place my hand on your hand
Walk right up to you
And touch my hand to your hand
Walk right up to you, my love
And take you by the hand