Everybody can be our teacher, at every step we can meet a master. Trevor Hall tells us the touching story of his song “Wish Man”. One day, he was walking around and he met a homeless man. Trevor was wearing a t-shirt with the word “Wish” written on it and the man asked him: – Hey wish man, tell me what’s your wish? What followed is so simple and so beautiful. “Close your eyes, all we’ve got is this moment”, the man told him. A couple of years later the song “Wish Man” was born. This little story, this song, invites us to keep on listening, keep nourishing presence, keep closing our eyes and opening our hearts because… all we’ve got is this.
Wish Man by Trevor Hall – Lyrics
Down by the bayou,
Down by the bayou, I saw
Good things inside you
Good things inside you, they call
Into my memories of old,
Tell me what you know!
I saw a man there,
I saw a man and sat down
I shook his hand there
I shook his hand, he laughed loud
And put a question to my heart
A question, oh, so sharp
He said, ‘hey, wish man, tell me what’s your wish,
Close your eyes all we got is this!
Angels speak of a thing called bliss
Close your eyes all we got is this, yeah!
So what to say love
So what to say when that turned
I was overwhelmed and
I stood and let my house burn
Cause I saw horses in the sky,
Let me take that ride!
I walked on there,
I walked on with thoughts deep
I never knew that love could dig way down and bury me
I turn and face I do not run
Another chapter has begun, forever one!
He said, ‘hey, wish man, tell me what’s your wish,
Close your eyes all we got is this!
‘Hey, wish man, tell me what’s your wish,
Close your eyes all we got is this!
Angels speak of a thing called bliss
Close your eyes all we got is this, yeah!
So what to say love
So what to say when that turned
I was overwhelmed and
I stood and let my house burn
Cause I saw horses in the sky,
Let me take that ride!
If I’m straying far away, I get down and start to pray
Cause I know, I know
That my song will reach those heavens
I stand up I’m not forgetting
I know, I know, I know!
He said, ‘hey, wish man, tell me what’s your wish,
Close your eyes all we got is this!
‘Hey, wish man, tell me what’s your wish,
Close your eyes all we got is this!
Angels speak of a thing called bliss
Close your eyes all we got is this, yeah!
So what to say love
So what to say when that turned
I was overwhelmed and
I stood and let my house burn
Cause I saw horses in the sky,
Let me take that ride!
