IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY
BETTER TELL THEM
WHILE THEY'RE
HERE CAUSE
THEY JUST MAY
RUN AWAY FROM YOU
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
QUITE WHEN WELL
THEN AGAIN IT
JUST DEPENDS ON
HOW LONG OF TIME
IS LEFT FOR YOU
I'VE HAD THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
I'VE HAD THE
DEEPEST RIVERS
YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL
BUT LIFE KEEPS MOVING
I TAKE IT IN BUT
DON'T LOOK DOWN
CAUSE I'M ON TOP
OF THE WORLD AY
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD AY
WAITING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE NOW
PAYING MY DUES
TO THE DIRT
I'VE BEEN WAITING
TO SMILE AY
BEEN HOLDING IT
IN FOR A WHILE AY
TAKE YOU WITH
ME IF I CAN
BEEN DREAMING OF
THIS SINCE A CHILD
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD
I'VE TRIED TO CUT
THESE CORNERS
TRY TO TAKE THE
EASY WAY OUT
I KEPT ON FALLING
SHORT OF SOMETHING
I COULDA GAVE
UP THEN BUT
THEN AGAIN I
COULDN'T HAVE CAUSE
I'VE TRAVELED ALL
THIS WAY FOR
SOMETHING
I TAKE IT IN BUT
DON'T LOOK DOWN
CAUSE I'M ON TOP
OF THE WORLD AY
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD AY
WAITING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE NOW
PAYING MY DUES
TO THE DIRT
I'VE BEEN WAITING
TO SMILE AY
BEEN HOLDING IT
IN FOR A WHILE AY
TAKE YOU WITH
ME IF I CAN
BEEN DREAMING OF
THIS SINCE A CHILD
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD
OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH
OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH
OH OH OH
CAUSE I'M ON TOP
OF THE WORLD AY
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD AY
WAITING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE NOW
PAYING MY DUES
TO THE DIRT
I'VE BEEN WAITING
TO SMILE AY
BEEN HOLDING IT IN
FOR A WHILE AY
TAKE YOU WITH
ME IF I CAN
BEEN DREAMING OF
THIS SINCE A CHILD
AND I KNOW IT'S HARD
WHEN YOU'RE FALLING DOWN
AND IT'S A LONG WAY UP
WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND
GET UP NOW GET UP
GET UP NOW
AND I KNOW IT'S
HARD WHEN YOURE
FALLING DOWN
AND IT'S A
LONG WAY UP WHEN
YOU HIT THE GROUND
GET UP NOW GET
UP GET UP NOW
CAUSE I'M ON TOP
OF THE WORLD AY
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD AY
WAITING ON THIS
FOR A WHILE NOW
PAYING MY DUES
TO THE DIRT
I'VE BEEN WAITING
TO SMILE AY
BEEN HOLDING IT IN
FOR A WHILE AY
TAKE YOU WITH
ME IF I CAN
BEEN DREAMING OF
THIS SINCE A CHILD
I'M ON TOP OF
THE WORLD