Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

I Wish You Were Here

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1962 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1990.

I wish you were here to get underfoot,
I wish you were here to get in my way,
To call me from work, to call me to play,
I wish you were here again.

Oh what did I do that had to be done,
And what did I read that had to be read,
When I might have turned to watch you instead,
I wish you were here again.

The monuments rise, the monuments fall,
The papers are signed and turn into chaff,
But I can recall the sound of your laugh,
I wish you were here again.

I wish you were here to get underfoot,
I wish you were here to get in my way,
To call me from work, to call me to play,
I wish you were here again.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs
---- The Malvina Reynolds Songbook

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- Held Over

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Gale Garnett: The Many Faces of Gale Garnett (RCA Victor LSP-3325, 1965)
---- Holly Near: Sky Dances (Redwood Records RRCD-8902, 1989)
---- Holly Near: And Still We Sing; The Outspoken Collection (Calico Tracks Music CTM0005, 2002)
---- Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers: While We Live (Red House Records RHR CD 45, 1991)
---- Songs From the Ancient Vine of Folk Music (Kiwi Records LC-24, 1960s)
---- The Womenfolk: Never Underestimate the Power of the Womenfolk (RCA Victor LPM 2919, 1964)