Top Of The World

I wished I was smarter
I wished I stronger
I wish 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 everyday without so much as a word
somehow
think i broke the wings off the little songbird
she's never gonna fly to the top of the world
right now,
top of the world,

I don't have to answer,
any of these questions
don't have no got to,
teach me no lessons
I 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 thats never gonna be heard
disappearing everyday without so much as a word
somehow
think i broke the wongs off the little songbird
she's never gonna fly to the top of the world
right now

I wished I'd have known
wished I'd have shown you
all of the things i
was on the inside
i pretend to be sleeping
when you come in in the morning
to whisper goodbye
go to work in the rain
i don't know why,
i don't know why

cause everyone's singing we just want to 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

-Dixie Chicks LP "Home"