If I Had Wings - Matraca Berg

If I had wings I would fly

Over the river and into the night

And if I had wheels I would roll

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul

Well, it’s 59 miles to Memphis

Ain’t really that far to go

With a little money in your pocket

It’ll get you right down that road

But all I got are these voices

Telling me this is your life

Tobacco fields, textile mills or

Be some roughneck’s wife

If I had wings I would fly

Over the river and into the night

And if I had wheels I would roll

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul

And if I had wings

So I get up every morning

And fix his coffee strong

Then he stumbles into the kitchen

Acting like nothing’s wrong

And that hurts worse than the bruises

But what cuts deeper still

Dark and jagged in my soul

An emptiness that kills

If I had wings I would fly

Over the river and into the night

And if I had wheels I would roll

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul

And if I had wings

Well, I guess they must heard it

All the way to Arkansas

Momma said call the preacher

I just called the Lord

'Cause this ain’t no place for angels

No time for talk of sin

We all knew sooner or later

It was gonna be me or him

If I had wings I would fly

Over the river and into the night

And if I had wheels I would roll

Ten years of dreams tethered to my soul

But if I had wings