Wish You Were Here
From coast to coast from California to Maine
No matter where I go, however far or near
I wish you were here.
In Nevada, I saw the Hoover Dam
I ate a crab in Maryland
Went surfing in California
Stood on Broadway in New York
In Missouri I saw the Gateway Arch
Drove through the Everglades in Florida
I saw tall ships in Rhode Island
In Texas I went two steppin'
Walked along the lake in Michigan
Saw Kansas waves of amber grain
Ate lobster once in Maine
Explored sea caves on the coast of Oregon
Saw the Great Salt Lake in Utah
The Ozarks in Arkansas
About 10,000 lakes in Minnesota
And Mount Rushmore in South Dakota
Oh if you could see the places I have been
I wish that I could take you along with me
No matter where I go, however far or near
I wish you were here
I saw glaciers in Alaska
Drove though cornfields of Nebraska
Drank from a pineapple in Hawaii
Ate gumbo in Louisiana
Saw the big sky in Montana
Played “Rockytop” once in Tennessee
I ate some cheese in Wisconsin
Saw a bison herd in Wyoming
And adobe houses in New Mexico
In Massachusetts I saw Plymouth Rock
In North Carolina, Kitty Hawk
Ate 5-way chili in Ohio
Saw the windy city in Illinois
Met an Oklahoma cowboy
Watched horses run in Kentucky
And crossed the river in Mississippi
Oh if you could see the places I have been
I wish that I could take you along with me
No matter where I go, however far or near
I wish you were here
In New Hampshire once I saw the Fall colors turn
In the West Virginia hills I saw white water churn
Watched the sunrise over the grasslands of North Dakota
And I saw it set on the desert in Arizona
I saw the farms of Indiana
The gulf coast of Alabama
A blue football field in Idaho
I went skiing one time in Vermont
I felt the rain in Washington
Climbed a mountain in Colorado
In DC I saw the White House
Connecticut a lighthouse
I walked along New Jersey's southern shore
In Georgia once I ate a peach.
In Delaware went to the beach
Drove through the rolling fields of Iowa
Hiked the Shenandoahs in Virginia
Saw the Alleghenies in Pennsylvania
Climbed a magnolia back home in South Carolina
Oh if you could see the places I have been
I wish that I could take you along with me
No matter where I go, however far or near
I wish you were here
I wish you were here