Wye Oak
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