Gwendolyn L. "Gwen" Ifill (/ˈaɪfəl/; born September 29, 1955) is an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. She is the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. She is a political analyst, and moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates. She is the author of the book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
Ifill was born in New York City, the fifth child of African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister (Oliver) Urcille Ifill, Sr., a Panamanian of Barbadian descent who emigrated from Panama, and Eleanor Ifill, who was from Barbados. Her father's ministry required the family to live in several cities throughout New England and the Eastern Seaboard during her youth. In her childhood, Ifill lived in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts church parsonages and in federally subsidized housing in Buffalo and New York City. She graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Well as this cold world turns round and round
So much tragedy have I found
If I could take it away I'd do that now
Cause only in my dreams can I smile
[Chorus]
So if I go to sleep, don't wake me up
Cause only in my dreams can I fly away
can I fly away, can I fly away, can I fly away, fly away
So God bless my soul
The pain I feel won't nobody know
Cause this world is evil, and every time I wake up I wanna go home
So what am I to do, but sing a song for you
Cause I feel you also, thats why I never let you go
They say I lost my mind but I did that so long ago
So when I close my eyes, leave me alone
[Chorus]
So if I go to sleep, don't wake me up
Cause only in my dreams can I fly away
can I fly away, can I fly away, can I fly away, fly away
Somebody pray for me, I believe I can fly, yeah crazy me
But at night these angels be singing to me like
la la la la la la la la la la
So as I lay awake at night I drift away into the sky
and thats where I reside Oh yeah Oh yeah
So pray that I'll be just fine
I'll see you when it's time
I'll see you when it's time
[Chorus x2]
So if I go to sleep, don't wake me up
Cause only in my dreams can I fly away
can I fly away, can I fly away, can I fly away, fly away