
Letter to Me, written by Brad Paisley.
Song lyrics, 5th Gear (2007)
Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Letter to Me, written by Brad Paisley.
Song lyrics, 5th Gear (2007)
“I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.”
5 February 1750
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“Please take my advice, please take my advice,
Open up the tired eyes,
Open up the tired eyes.”
Tired Eyes
Song lyrics, Tonight's the Night (1975)
“I wish they would take me as I am.”
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Positively 4th Street
Source: Lyrics, 1962-1985
“I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.”
Source: Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
Source: The Dangerous Summer (1985), Ch. 1