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 sitting on the curb behind the barricade 

another verse in the doormat serenade 

[Chorus] 

Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top) 

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

won't you put me on top (oooh, 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 

[Chorus] 

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 

(oo - put me on top) 

(ah - change the odds) 

(oo - put me on top) 

[Chorus] 

Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) 

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

Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) 

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

put me on (oo - put me on top) 

won't you put me on top again (change the odds) 

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

put some hope in the bottom of the box 

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