If I Had Wings Lyrics - The Dreaming Fields - Matraca Berg

If I had wings I would fly 

Over the river and into the night 

And if I had wheels I would roll 

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul 

Well, it's 59 miles to Memphis 

Ain't really that far to go 

With a little money in your pocket 

It'll get you right down that road 

But all I got are these voices 

Telling me this is your life 

Tobacco fields, textile mills or 

Be some roughneck's wife 

If I had wings I would fly 

Over the river and into the night 

And if I had wheels I would roll 

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul 

And if I had wings 

So I get up every morning 

And fix his coffee strong 

Then he stumbles into the kitchen 

Acting like nothing's wrong 

And that hurts worse than the bruises 

But what cuts deeper still 

Dark and jagged in my soul 

An emptiness that kills 

If I had wings I would fly 

Over the river and into the night 

And if I had wheels I would roll 

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul 

And if I had wings 

Well, I guess they must heard it 

All the way to Arkansas 

Momma said call the preacher 

I just called the Lord 

'Cause this ain't no place for angels 

No time for talk of sin 

We all knew sooner or later 

It was gonna be me or him 

If I had wings I would fly 

Over the river and into the night 

And if I had wheels I would roll 

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul 

But if I had wings