I wish I were a little girl, in this lienNo one could resist my little girl smilenI wish I were a baby, in this lovenI'd be cradled in your arms day and nightnnI wish I were an old man, a scholarnWith the wisdom of a thousand men before menWish I were a funny dream that hauntednThe people I love every time they were downnnI wish I was a fine winenI wish I were a good drugnHey and if I were Jesus , maybe I could heal all of usnJust like a good lover, which one do you prefer?nnIn a world full of ourselves, I wish I were a little birdnSometimesnI wish I were the sunset in VeronanI'd make a beautiful picture every time I went to bednOr maybe more the sunrise waking up to a sad mannAnd hey if I were the blue skies, I'd never rain on himnnI wish I was a fine winenI wish I were a good drugnYeah and if I were Jesus, maybe I could heal all of usnJust like a good lover, which one do you prefer?nIn a world full of vices, I wish I were a little birdnSometimesnnI wish I were an angel in 52'nIn a blue Cadillac on the eve of the new yearnAnd there I would have saved him, the man who sang the bluesnBut maybe he is listening right nownHopefully he's listening right now