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