I wish I were a little girl, in this life   No one could resist my little girl smile   I wish I were a baby, in this love   I'd be cradled in your arms day and night      I wish I were an old man, a scholar   With the wisdom of a thousand men before me   I wish I were a funny dream that haunted   People I love every time they were down      I wish I was a fine wine, I wish I were a good drug   Hey and if I were Jesus, maybe I could heal all of us   Just like a good lover, which one do you prefer?   In a world full of vices, I wish I were a little bird   Sometimes      I wish I were the sunset in Verona   I'd make a beautiful picture every time I went to bed   Or maybe more the sunrise waking up to a sad man   And hey if I were the blue skies, I'd never rain on him      I wish I was a fine wine, I wish I were a good drug   Hey and if I were Jesus, maybe I could heal all of us   Just like a good lover, which one do you prefer?   In a world full of vices, I wish I were a little bird   Sometimes      I wish I were an angel in fifty-two   In a blue Cadillac on the eve of the new year   And there I would have saved him, the man who sang the blues   Maybe he is listening right now   Yeah, hopefully he's listening right now