Wye Oak - If Children Were Wishes lyrics

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

Ooh ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

If hearts were machines that kept
Running forever automatically
Then you wouldn't be in that
Hospital bed, on that saline IV

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, weren't you afraid of
Living in a major American city
So you 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