Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

Album: A Flock Of Seagulls (1982)
Charted: 10 26
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  • It's not the way you look
    It's not the way that you smile
    Although there's something to them
    It's not the way you have your hair
    It's not that certain style
    It could be that with you

    If I had a photograph of you
    It's something to remind me
    I wouldn't spend my life just wishing

    It's not the make-up
    And it's not the way that you dance
    It's not the evening sky
    It's more the way your eyes
    Are laughing as they glance
    Across the great divide

    If I had a photograph of you
    It's something to remind me
    I wouldn't spend my life just wishing

    It's not the things you say
    It's not the things you do
    It must be something more
    And if I feel this way for so long
    Tell me is it all for nothing
    Just don't walk out the door

    If I had a photograph of you
    It's something to remind me
    I wouldn't spend my life just wishing Writer/s: ANGELO T. PETRAGLIA, SHELBY LYNNE
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Moosehead from Scmy favorite by these guys. saw them in charlotte in 1986!!! plus, the only thing i can play on a keyboard!
  • Clive from LondonThe band took their name from The Stranglers song 'Toiler On The Sea' from the album Black and White.
  • Splat from Williamsville, DeNearly every note in this song is in the F-sharp pentatonic scale (just the black keys on a piano). You can hear some repeating descending 1 1/4-octave scales played with these notes beginning at 3:24 in the song (album version).
  • Howard from Wakefield, United KingdomI remember this haunting song from 1982. It ranks alongside my other 80's favourite singles 'Love Will Tear us Apart' by Joy Divison & 'The Cutter' by Echo & The Bunneymen. They are all classics & never fade with time.
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