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 colours, 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 Seperate worlds to put them in Another might-have-been, all in vain I wish (colour blind 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) Multiply