If Children Were Wishes

[Verse 1]

If children were wishes

My mother spent hers on impossible things

My brother was money

My sister was love

And I was world peace

[Verse 2]

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

[Hook]

Ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]

If hearts were machines that kept

Running forever automatically

Then you wouldn't be in that

Hospital bed, on that saline I-V

[Verse 4]

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

[Hook]

[Verse 5]

Oh, weren't you afraid of

Living in a major American city

So you marry a stupid

Unreachable girl who's impossibly pretty

[Verse 6]

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

[Verse 7]

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

[Verse 8]

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

[Hook]