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]