[Strophe]
             D 
I wish I was smarter 
                A 
I wished I was stronger 
             Bm 
I wished I loved Jesus 
            G 
The way my wife does 
                    D 
I wished any of it were easier 
            A 
Instead of any longer 
                     Bm 
I wish I could have stood 
                           G 
Where you would have been proud 
                   D                     A 
That won't happen now, that won't happen now
[Refrain]
           G                              A 
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard 
       Bm                      G 
Disappearing every day without so much as a word 
     D 
Somehow 
G                            A 
Think I broke the wings off that little song bird 
       Bm                     G                      D 
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now 
            A 
Top of the world
[Strophe]
                 D 
I don't have to answer 
             A 
Any of these questions 
              Bm               G 
Don't have no god to teach me no lessons 
                    D 
I come home in the evening 
       A 
Sit in my chair 
                            Bm 
One night they called me for supper 
             G 
But I never got up 
                D 
I stayed right there 
      A 
In my chair
[Refrain]
N.C.                   D 
I wished I would have known you 
                    A 
Wished I would have shown you 
            Bm 
All of the things 
               G 
I was on the inside 
                 D 
I pretend to be sleeping 
                        A 
When you come in in the morning 
            Bm 
To whisper goodbye 
                   G 
Go to work in the rain 
              D 
I don't know why 
            A 
Don't know why
[Refrain]
       G 
Cause everybody's singing 
         A 
We just want to be heard 
      Bm 
Disappearing everyday 
            G 
Without so much as a word 
      D    -stop- 
Some how 
G                     A 
Wanna grab a hold of that little song bird 
Bm                          G 
Take her for a ride to the top of the world 
       D - stop - 
Right now
[Interlude]
  Bm  G 
- Vocal wailing - 
 Bm   G 
Oh,  oh...  
[Outro]
                   Bm 
To the top of the world 
                   G 
To the top of the world 
                   Bm 
To the top of the world 
                   G 
To the top of the world 
                   Bm 
To the top of the world 
                   G 
To the top of the world 
                   Bm 
To the top of the world 
                   G 
To the top of the world