I
wish I was a willow tree leaning on a lazy breeze
moving like a midnight train through rainy Georgia
I wish I was a grain of sand laying in a baby's hand
falling like a diamond chain into the ocean
A willow tree is strong enough to bend
never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind
A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be
lay me down and let that water wash right
over me
wash over me
I wish I was an old guitar sitting in a beat up car
hidden ever too bit far from here to Texas then
I wouldn't be ashamed to look up my old friends
they will be so proud to see me strong up again
A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be
lay me down and let that water wash right over me
wash over me
Nobody wants you
when you're down and out
Nobody wants to
know your name
just another face lost
in the crowded streets
Oh I wish I was a willow tree leaning on a lazy breeze
moving like a midnight train through rainy Georgia
A willow tree is strong enough to bend
never like the oak that lives in fear of the wind
A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be
lay me down and let that water wash right over me
wash over me
over me
wash over me
wash over me
wash over me