oh i wish that i could come to you disguised as someone else oh i wish that i could come to you disguised as someone else help you lift your luggage from the platform to the train ask you for directions that i don t need explained you would never think to ask my name and let s not put it lightly i put us both through hell oh i wish that i could come to you disguised as someone else and i wish that i could work for with someone elses hands oh i wish that i could work for you with someone elses hands to be behind the counter of a book store that you re in and charge you seven dollars for a crossword and a pen you would leave and not look back again even hardened criminals they get a second chance oh i wish that i could work for with someone elses hands oh i wish that i could come to you could run to you could sing to you a stranger in your neighborhood who doesn t mean a thing to you singing our long forgotten song on and on and on i don t have the stomach to face you as myself so i wish that i could come to you disguised as someone else oh i wish that i could come to you disguised as someone else