First Star Tonight – Maggie Wing

I wish things could have gone the other way
I wish the place weren’t left in disarray
With all my secrets thrown like china on the floor

I wish you could have looked me in the eye
I wish you understood when I replied
That all I ever meant to do was love you more

And tonight’s first star doesn’t hear a thing
Human wishes are just more light scattering

I wish that I could change my DNA
Or I wish they’d find the tendency to stray
Is just some birthmark that can never be passed on

I wish the kids were old enough to see
I wish they could look past your litany
Of every single thing their mother has done wrong

But tonight’s first star doesn’t hear a thing
Human wishes are just more light scattering

Drive as far as wheels can take you
And hope the miles will make you
A stranger in some brave new land

I wish the days were longer way up here
I wish the goddamn snow would disappear
And clear a space for what remains of my big plans

I wish that I could see the northern lights
I wish the colors came night after night
And turned these hours into something I could stand

But tonight’s first star doesn’t hear a thing
Human wishes are just more light scattering