If Children Were Wishes

If children were wishes,
 My mother spent hers on impossible things
 My brother was money,
 My sister was love, and i was world peace
 My brother, he spent it,
 My sister got pregnant, and all that i'm worth
 Will only come true
 When there are no more of us left on this earth
 If hearts were machines that kept
 Running forever automatically,
 Then you wouldn't be in that
 Hospital bed, on that saline I.V.
 And if it's your diet, you stubbornly swear
 That it wasn't your fault,
 You rather be dead in that hospital bed
 Than cut back on sugar and salt
 Oh, aren't you afraid of
 Living in a major american city,
 So marry a stupid,
 Unreachable girl who's impossibly pretty
 And i've seen you drive everyday of your life,
 And it's always a rush,
 And i have to wonder
 How i ever let you do something so dangerous
 And so i suppose this is
 Just how it goes no matter how i try,
 I just have to watch you get
 Weaker and weaker till you finally die
 But i have to remember
 The wish of my mother and all that i'm worth,
 Which will only come true
 When there are no more of us left on this earth