put me on top

i should be knocking on the door of the pearly gates

why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates

i've heard that good things will come to he who waits

i should be riding on a float in the hit parade

instead of standing on the curb behind the barricade

another verse in the doormat serenade

won't you put me on top

won't you put me on top or change the odds

won't you put me on top

or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box

oh

at least put some hope in the box for me

cause it's only black and white and not a lot of each

there's a remote on the shelf

but it's out of reach

won't you put me on top

won't you put me on top or change the odds

won't you put me on top

or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box

put some hope in the bottom of the box for me

i need it

won't you put me on top

won't you put me on top or change the odds

won't you put me on top

or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box

put me on

won't you put me on top again

or at least put some hope

put some home in the bottom of the box

oh

at least put some hope in the bottom of the box