Me, I'm just a singer, though I may be well known   The truth is I'd be nothing without the power of a song   I've been blessed with fame and fortune, oh, but in the end   A song's what I wish I could've been      A song lives forever and never ever dies   Sings enemies together and touches so many lives   Words and melody will always be, long after we're gone   Oh, how I wish I could live the life of a song      I could mend the broke and wounded, I could prove that love is real   And take someone from China to a Carolina cotton field   I could comfort every soldier, hum all the homeless home   I could change the world if I was just a song      A song lives forever and never ever dies   Sings enemies together and touches so many lives   Words and melody will always be, long after we're gone   Oh, how I wish I could live the life of a song      There's an end for me, it's my destiny   But this song will carry on and it's just three minutes long   Oh, how I wish I could live the life of a song   Oh, how I wish I could live the life of a song