How I Wish letra

How I wish I could bring tenderness, leavening
And to bare the fact of each heinous act
To which I've been a part
Oh, my black American heart

What I'd give and unlearn
Should some peace and concern
Fill this empty dread
On the wire we tread
Between fear and disgrace
Oh, my red American face

Would my life be in vain
If in strife
Some small pain
I gave up my right
To this greed and spite
Then what might begin
Oh, my white American skin
No more

Endlessly journeying
Yet to hear freedom ring
Must we all be tossed
On our nation's cross
Before the truth is whole
Oh, my lost American soul
No more

Madeleine Peyroux - Letras

• (Getting Some) Fun Out of Life
• (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night
• A Little Bit
• A Prayer
• All I Need Is a Little Bit
• All My Heroes
• Always a Use
• Anthem
• Back In Your Own Backyard
• Bare Bones
• Between The Bars
• Bird On The Wire
• Blue Alert
• Bye Bye Love
• California Rain
• Careless Love
• Changing All Those Changes
• Damn The Circumstances
• Dance Me To The End Of Love
• Desperadoes Under The Eaves
• Don't Cry Baby
• Don't Pick A Fight With A Poet
• Don't Wait Too Long
• Down On Me
• Dreamland
• Everybody's talkin'
• Gentle On My Mind
• Getting Some Fun Out Of Life (live)
• Got You On My Mind
• Guilty
• Half the perfect world
• Heaven Help Us All
• Heaven To Me
• Hey Sweet Man
• Homeless Happiness
• Honey Party
• How I Wish
• I Can't Stop Loving You
• I Must Be Saved
• I'll Look Around
• I'm All Right
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter
• I've Got Rhythm
• If I could shimmy like my sister Kate
• Instead
• J'ai Deux Amours
• Jealous Guy
• La Javanaise
• La Vie En Rose
• Last Night When We Were Young
• Liberté
• Lonesome Road
• Love And Treachery
• Love In Vain
• Lovesick Blues
• Lullaby
• Martha My Dear
• Meet Me In Rio
• Muddy Water
• No More
• On a Sunday Afternoon
• On My Own
• Once In a While
• Our Lady Of Pigalle
• Party Tyme
• Reckless Blues
• River
• River Of Tears
• Rock Island Line (live)
• Shoulda Known
• Smile
• Somethin' Grand
• The Brand New Deal
• The Ghosts Of Tomorrow
• The Kind You Can't Afford
• The Summer Wind
• The Viper's Drag (live)
• The Way You Look Tonight
• This is Heaven to Me
• To Love You All Over Again
• Walkin' After Midnight
• Was I
• We Might As Well Dance
• Weary Blues
• You Can't Do Me
• You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go