I wish I can stand in my past
and erase my presentcause this current life ain't pleasantI wish I can flee this stand stillI have dreams I wish to fufillI wish I would have listened to mamaI might have been closer to 40 acres and a lamathere are folks I wish I would have long ago deletedsuch burdens, trials chronically repeatedI wish I wouldn't feel defeatedI wish guilt would vanish for all the folksI mistreatedso many opportunities prolongedI wish I'd kept my scholarship which is long gonetoday my priorities still feel all wrongI wish I would've obeyed all authoritiesInstead of singing this songI wish I could go back and plant my feeton the narrow trackand follow the arrow that read "right road"I wish I could've came out the coldand just today the load would've been far awayI'm tired of his playI wish I could find my blessingsI'm only stuck with an unkind recessionI wish I would've stayed in pursuance of my dreamsinstead of sitting here blowing off steambut here I am in my present and it's a hell of a fightI only wish I can go back in time and do right