Rise to the the top of of the world world, America America, don't you cry Give me strength to press on on Feel you close like you wanted me to Believe in you Is this just an illusion That I made inside my head to get me by? Twenty years in debt

In the the back of of that red rag top top She said please don't stop I was back in that red rag top top On the the day she stopped loving me I was twenty and she was eighteen We were just about as wild as we were green In the the ways of of the world world She'd pick me up in that red

Do you wanna wanna, do you wanna wanna go? Pedal on on the floorboard, lay a little bit of of rubber down this road Bass bumpin' on the the car door Got a blue sky, got a fast ride, got all the the time in the the world so come on on little girl Whoa, all we gotta do is

I'm I'm gonna stand on on a rooftop, climb up a mountaintop Baby, scream and shout I want to sing it on on the radio, show it on on a video Baby, leave no doubt I want the the whole world world to know just what I'm I'm all about I love to love you out loud I have always been a

The world world I love To be part of of The wave, can't stop Can't stop, addicted to the the shindig Chop Top, he says I'm I'm gonna win big Choose not a life of of imitation Distant cousin to the the reservation Defunct the the pistol that you pay for This punk, the feeling that

I wanna love you like the the world's gonna stop 'Til the the very last second, last tick of of that clock I'm 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 of cigarettes And

So soak it all up, let it sink in Crank it up loud, all the the way to ten Raise your cup to the the sky Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine On On top of of the world world in the the back of of a truck Livin' like the the sun ain't comin' back up Need a buddy

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

I'm I'm gonna stand on on a rooftop, climb up a mountaintop Baby, scream and shout I want to sing it on on the radio, show it on on a video Baby, leave no doubt I want the the whole world world to know just what I'm I'm all about I love to love you out loud I have always been a

Clued up and now I get it Just make the the best of of what you have To love the the good and live the the bad 'Cause sometimes it's beauty, sometimes it's pain Sometimes it's sunshine, and sometimes it's rain It don't stop affecting me, the world world keeps testing me On On a