Top of the World - Live - 2003

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
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 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