The beautiful lull, The dangerous tug We get to feel small From high up above And after a glimpse Over the top The rest of the world Becomes a gift shop The pendulum swings

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria The most beautiful sound I ever heard Say it loud and there's music playing Say it soft and it's almost like praying I'll never stop saying Maria All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word Maria, Maria I've just met

I wanna love you like the world's gonna stop 'Til the very last second, last tick of that clock I'm gonna slow it all down and then take you from zero to ten Yeah, I wanna love you like I'll never love you again You're gonna run out of cigarettes And

Oh, didn't we have fun? Oh-oh-oh-oh Didn't we have fun? Woo-oh-oh-oh We were always meant to, always meant to I know it's over before she says Don't say it was all a waste From the top of the world Top of the waves

I want to scream "I love you" from the top of my lungs But I'm afraid that someone else will hear me You can only blame your problems on the world for so long Before it all becomes the same old song As soon as we hit the hospital I know we're gonna leave

I'm falling for you baby Yellin' from the rooftop Tellin' the whole world You got me yellin' from the rooftop So everybody knows I'm screaming from the mountain Gonna sing it everywhere Yeah, you can call me crazy Baby I don't care

Let's watch this city burn the world Let's watch this city burn Let's watch it burn From the sky over top the world The city looks so pretty Do you wanna burn it with me? (Do you wanna burn it with me?) (It's the end of the world) Till there's nothing

I can get back on, I can get back on And the next it's falling in on me One day I feel I'm on top of the world One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel And the next it's rolling over me It?s a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit It?s a far cry

Take on the world I'm singing oh oh oh Oh oh oh ooh I feel all right, I'm gonna take on the world Light up the stars, I've got some pages to turn I've got a ticket to the top of the sky I'm comin' up, I'm on the ride of my life I've been waitin' For a

Run wild and never look back, never look back Stand up and don't shut up The night is waiting The world is for the taking, taking No hesitating Tonight is what we make it, make it Break out, get a little loud Shout it from the rooftops now People say,