I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger   I wished I love Jesus, the way my wife does   I wish it had 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      [chorus]   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 that little song bird   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 God 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      [chorus]   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 that little song bird   She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now   Top of the world      I wished I'd a known you, wished I'd a shown you   All of the things I was on the inside   I'd pretend to be sleeping, when you come in in the morning   To whisper good-bye, 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 every day without so much as a word somehow   Wanna grab a hold of that little song bird   Take her for a ride to the top of the world right now   Whoa, whoa    To the top of the world, to the top of the world   To the top of the world, to the top of the world, to the top of the world   To the top of the world, to the top of the world, to the top of the world