I Wish You Had
Words and Music by Anna Rundall


One will build a wall
and one will tear it down
Sometimes brick by brick
until it's on the ground
Just to find the heart behind it
of this wounded clown
Who needed none
except for one...

There was once another
I should love somehow
Much too much between us
I can't reach him now
I do pray the Lord to bless him
then I thank Him for His care
For He sent someone
who still had some room to spare

Chorus:
He restores to us the hopes that we believed forever gone
In His ever loving mercy helps our moving on
There's the grieving from a father
and the sharing of a Dad
Who never taught me how to walk
but how I wished he had

Only time will tell
if tender scars will fade
Tough to fill the promise
someone else had made
In a way that you don't seem to see
you still mend my heart
Your courage shows a Saviour
That's where healing starts

Chorus:
He could give to us the life that we once lived before
In His everlasting wisdom knows what we need more
There is grieving for a father
then the sharing of a Dad
Who did not teach me how to walk
but how I wish he had

You did not teach me how to walk
but how I wish you had........

© 1999, Anna Rundall


Return to Fairytales and Nightmares Too