Lyrics Top of the World - Live Version - The Chicks

This, uh, next song is my favourite song on the album
And, uh, it's sung from the perspective of a man who's passed on
And he's looking back at his life and wishing he had done things differently
And treated the people in it, a little better
Here's Top of the World

I wished I was smarter
I wished I was stronger
I wished I loved 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
But 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 off that 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 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

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 off that little songbird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now

I wished I'd known you
Wished I'd 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 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

Woah, woah
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