Rodney Crowell - Wish You Were Her lyrics

Booked pa**age on an ocean liner Went out on the sea Sat at the captain's table She was seated next to me She brushed my arm discretely With the pearls around her neck She looked like Rita Hayworth in her low cut black silk dress We went up to her cabin And laughed the whole night through Over champagne and jet planes and hot cars broken into Having a wonderful time Wish you were her I traveled to the south of France Checked into a pink hotel She was standing by the croupier The dice were in her spell I staked my whole fortune On a hand of baccarat She moved around behind the bank And she brought me luck We got into a fast car And sped into the night And watched the sun come up over St. Paul de Vence Having a wonderful time Wish you were her I set sail for Egypt The great pyramids I crawled into the darkness To where the pharaohs lived Walked out into the evening She was bathing in the Nile She took me to her caravan Where she danced around the fire I've never been so happy to be so miserable I've tried hard to forget you, but I can't run fast enough Having a wonderful time Wish you were her Having a wonderful time Wish you were her Wish you were her I wish you were her