Friday, March 20, 2020

Want to grab a hold of that little song bird Take her for a ride to the top of the world right now

Song of the Day - Top of the World
Artist - Dixie Chicks

I woke up with this song in my head this morning and it doesn’t seem to want to leave me. Which I’m fine with cuz I really love it and them, but not really sure why I can’t get it out of my mind. I guess when you’re sitting alone with your thoughts long enough during a pandemic you start thinking about your life and what it’s all been about, what you regret or missed out on…but I also feel like it’s realizing what we are actively losing right before our eyes: mass amounts of people, jobs, livelihood, art, and on and on.

And we don’t really have anymore control of it at this point. (I mean we do, stay inside people) But it’s a strange loss because we are all going through it collectively and isolated at the same time. Like that line “'everyone's singing We just want to be heard Disappearing everyday without so much as a word.” And sure I’m concerned about my own mortality but it’s like you can feel that weight the entire world is feeling and it’s such a bizarre state of mind. I don’t know if anyone else feels that or if this makes sense at all… and if not we can always just blame Patty Griffin for consistently writing such beautiful punch to the soul songs. But if you are feeling a bit of that heavy world, this one’s for you, may we reach the top of it.






I wished I was smarter
I wished I was stronger
I wished I loved Jesus
The way my wife does
I wish it had been easier
Instead of any longer
I wished I could have stood where you would have been proud
But that won't happen now
That won't happen now
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now
Top of the world
I don't have to answer any of these questions
Don't have no God to teach me no lessons
I come home in the evening
Sit in my chair
One night they called me for supper
But I never got up
I stayed right there in my chair
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now
I wished I'd a known you
Wished I'd a shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
I'd pretend to be sleeping
When you come in in the morning
To whisper good-bye
Go to work in the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why
'Cause everyone's singing
We just want to be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Want to grab a hold of that little song bird
Take her for a ride to the top of the world right now
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Patricia J. Griffin
Top of the World lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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