I wish, I wish

But it's all in vain

But it's all in vain

I wish, I wish

But it's all in vain

But it's all in vain

I wish, I wish

But it's all in vain

But it's all in vain

Different colors, different faces

Different schools in different places

Scour the morning papers, all in vain

Evening after, who remembers?

Say your prayers for the great pretenders

I see nothing but flowers, all in vain

I wish, I wish

But it's all in vain

But it's all in vain

I wish, I wish

But it's all in vain

But it's all in vain

All the gravestone elegies

'I never met you' memories

And every TV picture, all in vain

All your questions, deep as skin

Separate worlds to put them in

Another 'might have been', all in vain

I wish

(Colorblind as tse-tse flies)

I wish

(Sucking all our difference dry)

I wish

(And as we sleep they multiply)

I wish

I wish

(And as we sleep they multiply)

I wish

(All in vain)

I wish

(And as we sleep they multiply)

I wish

(All in vain)

I wish

(And as we sleep they multiply)

I wish

(All in vain)

I wish

(And as we sleep they multiply)

I wish

(Multiply)

I wish

(I wish)

Multiply

(I wish)

(I wish)

Multiply

(I wish)

Multiply

(I wish)

Multiply

(I wish)

Multiply

(I wish)