Wishing Well

About Wishing Well

"Wishing Well" is a song by the English rock group Free written about their close friend Bevan T. Woodhouse, released in December 1972 as a single and entered the UK Singles Chart on 13 January 1973, reaching number 7. The single was re-released in 1985 and reached number 96 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is featured on the group's sixth and final studio album Heartbreaker and was written by the entire group. It was their final hit single before the collapse of the band in 1973, with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke going on to form Bad Company. Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic said: "Lyrically, the song can be interpreted many ways, but it appears on the surface to be an angry message to a friend with heavy substance abuse problems who has one foot in 'the wishing well', which is possibly an analogy for 'one foot in the grave'. Next to "All Right Now", this is indeed the band's most important - and perhaps finest moment" more »

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1988

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I go to that wishing well
Stand looking down
So many thoughts cloud my brain
As I think about their lives
If wishes could come true
I think of all the things I'd do

Each time I leave that wishing well
Because I'm not afraid to dream
I hold my head up high
I'm not afraid to cry
I think of all the things I'd do
If wishes could come true

(only wishes don't come true)
If only there were peace on Earth
If only justice walked in blue
(only wishes don't come true)
If only everybody cared
If only we could never say never:
(only wishes don't come true)
I think of all the things I'd do
If only we could work together
If wishes could come true

Each time I leave that wishing well
I hold my head up high
I've got a thousand wishes
And I'm not afraid to try
If wishes could come true
I think of all the things I'd do
I tossed a penny in the well
A useless gesture, just as well
I watched it fall

A penny for your thoughts -
Do you care at all?

I think of all the things I'd do
If wishes could come true

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All

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