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      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   I need it