SINGER: Patty Griffin

SONG:Top Of The World

I wished i was smarter
wished i was stronger
i wished i loved jesus
the way the my wife does
I wished it'd been easier
instead of any longer
i wished i could've stood
where you would've been proud
that won't happen now
that won't happen now
There's a whole lot of sinners
that ain't gonna be heard
disppearing every day
without so much as a word
somehow
I'm afraid i broke the wings
off that little songbird
and she's never gonna fly
to the top of the world how
to the top of the world
I don't have to answer
any of these questions
don't have no guide 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
that ain't gonna be heard
disappearing every day
without so much as a word
somehow
I think i broke the wings
off a little songbird
and she's never gonna fly
to the top of the world
how
to the top of the world
I wished i'd had known you
wished i had shown you
all of the things i
was all these are
but i'd pretend to be sleeping
when you'd come in in the morning
to whisper goodbye
go work at the rain
i don't know why
don't know why
Cause everyone's singing
we just wanna be heard
disappearing every day
without so much as a word
so how?
Gonna grab a hold
of that little songbird
and take her for a ride
to the top of the world
right now
to the top of the world