I wished I was smarter
Wished I was stronger
I wished I loved Jesus
The way my wife does
I wished it'd been easier
Instead of any longer
I wished I could have stood
Where you would have been proud
That won't happen now
That won't happen now
There's a whole lot of singing
That's never gonna be heard
Disappearing every day
Without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings of that little songbird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world now
Top of the world
I don't have to answer any of these questions
Don't have no God to teach me no lessons
I'd come home in the evening
Sit in my chair
One night they called me for supper
But I never got up
I stayed right there in my chair
There's a whole lot of singing
That's never gonna be heard
Disappearing every day
Without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings of that little songbird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world now
I wish I had known you
Wish I had shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
But I'd pretend to be sleeping
When you'd come in in the morning
To whisper good-bye
And go to work in the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why
'Cause everyone's singing
We just wanna be heard
Disappearing everyday
Without so much as a word somehow
Wanna grab a hold of that little songbird
Take her for a ride to the top of  the world, right now
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
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