Wish You Were Her - Rodney Crowell

Booked passage on an ocean liner

Went out on the sea

Sat at the captain’s table

She was seated next to me

She brushed my arm discretely

With the pearls around her neck

She looked like Rita Hayworth in her low cut black silk dress

We went up to her cabin

And laughed the whole night through

Over champagne and jet planes and hot cars broken into

Having a wonderful time

Wish you were her

I traveled to the south of France

Checked into a pink hotel

She was standing by the croupier

The dice were in her spell

I staked my whole fortune

On a hand of baccarat

She moved around behind the bank

And she brought me luck

We got into a fast car

And sped into the night

And watched the sun come up over St. Paul de Vence

Having a wonderful time

Wish you were her

I set sail for Egypt

The great pyramids

I crawled into the darkness

To where the pharaohs lived

Walked out into the evening

She was bathing in the Nile

She took me to her caravan

Where she danced around the fire

I’ve never been so happy to be so miserable

I’ve tried hard to forget you, but I can’t run fast enough

Having a wonderful time

Wish you were her

Having a wonderful time

Wish you were her

Wish you were her

I wish you were her