Mark Wills – Wish You Were Here, is a song written by Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, and Debbie Moore, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in January 1999 as the third single and title track from his album of the same name. The song was also Wills’s first Billboard number-one single.
«Wish You Were Here» debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1999.
Wills told Billboard magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, «it’s really a very positive, optimistic love song about life after death.
Mark Wills – Wish You Were Here
From the album Wish You Were Here
B-side «Emily Harper»
Released January 11, 1999
Length 4:00
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s) Skip Ewing Debbie Moore Bill Anderson
Producer(s) Carson Chamberlain
COUNTRYPEDIA
Mark Wills – Wish You Were Her Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They kissed goodbye at the terminal gate
She said, «You’re gonna be late if you don’t go»
He held her tight, said, «I’ll be alright
I’ll call you tonight to let you know»
He bought a postcard, on the front, it just said «Heaven»
With a picture of the ocean and the beach
And the simple words he wrote her
Said he loved her and they told her
How he’d hold her if his arms would reach
[Chorus]
Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face
The weather’s nice, it’s paradise
It’s summertime all year and there’s some folks we know
They say, «Hello,» I miss you so, wish you were here
[Verse 2]
She got a call that night but it wasn’t from him
It didn’t sink in right away, «Ma’am, the plane went down
Our crews have searched the ground
No survivors found,» she heard him say
But somehow she got a postcard in the mail
That just said «Heaven» with a picture of the ocean and the beach
And the simple words he wrote her
Said he loves her and they told her
How he’d hold her if his arms would reach
[Chorus]
Wish you were here, wish you could see this place
Wish you were near, I wish I could touch your face
The weather’s nice, it’s paradise
It’s summertime all year and there’s some folks we know
They say, «Hello,» I miss you so, wish you were here
The weather’s nice, in paradise
It’s summertime all year and all the folks we know
They say, «Hello,» I miss you so, wish you were here
Wish you were here
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