[Susan Foreman]

Next up is 'Wish You Were Here', which is not a cover of the Pink Floyd song, but rather a piece of funk rock

It is heavily based on an earlier Dick Wagner song entitled 'Stage Door Queen' which was recorded by a band Wagner was in during the early 70's named Ursa Major (which also featured Billy Joel on keyboards). The original is a different song, with different lyrics, but all the key parts of 'Wish You Were Here' are there.

Alice Cooper -Vocals
Dick Wagner - Guitars and Vocals
Steve Hunter - Guitars
John Tropea - Guitars
Tony Levin - Bass
Allan Schwartzberg - Drums
Jim Maelan - Percussion
Al Macmillan - Piano

09/11 - Wish You Were Here (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin)



"I bought you postcards, thought it`d be funny
I would have sent a souvenir but they took all my money
It's pretty warm down here but it ain't sunny
And I'm having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here

I tried to phone ya, I tried to call you
Long distance operators that only stall you
Besides the damn rates are so high
They just appall you
And I'm having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
And I'm having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here

It started out a nice vacation
Left the station right on time
Now it`s turned to pure frustration
I`m just a prisoner in time

Can't get a ticket to get me home, dear
They just don't have too many flights from twilight zone, dear
So don't forget to feed my cats
Spot and Jerome, dear
And I'm having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here

Seen all the sights here, I'm getting lonely
I'd show you all the film I took if they would only
Let me go home dear, sincerely
I'm having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here
Having a hell of a time, my dear
Wish you were here"

The penultimate song on the album,'I'm Always Chasing Rainbows', is a cover of a song that was written in 1917, before being used on stage in 1918 in the play 'Oh Look'. It was also sung by Judy Garland in the 1941 film 'Ziegfield Girls'

10/11 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (McCarthy, Carroll)

Alice Cooper - Vocals
Dick Wagner - Guitars and Vocals
Steve Hunter - Guitars
Tony Levin - Bass
Jim Gordon - Drums
Jim Maelan - Percussion
Bob Ezrin - Keyboards, Vocals
Al Macmillan - Piano



"At the end of the rainbow, there's happiness
And to find it how often I've tried
But my life is a race, just a wild goose chase
and all my dreams have been denied

Why have I always been a failure
What can the reason be
I wonder if the world's to blame
I wonder if it could be me

I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds drifting by
My schemes are just like all my dreams
Ending in the sky

Some fellows look and find the sunshine
I always look and find the rain
And some fellows make a winning sometime
And I never even make a gain

I'm always chasing rainbows
Waiting to find the little bluebird in vain."