A Well for Lost Wishers

Have you seen that old wishing well It’s the place where dead dreams dwell Where onlookers can tell That this is where many hopes fell Please don’t visit that old wishing well It’s a place where you’ll shed a few tears And you’ll tremble with fear And you’ll realize that none of your dreams are near Are near A goal for a penny Some desires for a dime The unfulfilled are many They have payed for humanity’s crimes Lady Luck won’t see wishes through She’s tired of people, she’ll always refuse All of your wishes are yours to pursue Cause if you throw them in that well Your future is doomed You have much to lose Now you look at that old wishing well And your hold on your money’s not tense You could face consequence Of letting your guard down and losing your sense So intrigued by that old wishing well In the water the coins lost their shine And it’s not hard to find The quivers and shivers that run down your spine Down your spine Aspirations for a quarter Hope for a half of a dollar Your time is getting shorter You must decide if you’ll throw a coin in that water Will you surrender and lose your mind Paying a price for humanity’s crimes Then you’d be a member of the lost kind The people that left all they’ve worked for Far behind Leave the wishing well Save your dearest dreams Cause having the life you want Is not that hard to achieve By throwing a coin inside You’ll lose all your human pride You could go on a journey, embrace the ride And yet you’ve followed the tide So you’ve chosen that old wishing well And now you are beyond any help You’re like everyone else Watch the new penny reach the ground slow And it’s clear it’s the time that you know That you’ve chosen wrong so, Your shaking hand goes On a mission to retrieve Your own penny so you can believe Turn your back to that old wishing well It’s a place where dead dreams dwell Now you can tell It’s a place where hopes fell You haven’t fallen to the spell And no one should ever return To that old wishing well But as long as people do wrong They’ll be those Who will stay By that wishing Well