And the the greatest is love Where were you when the the world stopped turnin' I'm I'm just a singer of of simple songs I'm I'm not a real political man I watch CNN, but I'm I'm not sure I can tell you The The diff'rence in Iraq and Iran But I know Jesus and I talk to God And I

'Cause I'm I'm on top top of the the world, 'ey I'm I'm on top top of the the world, 'ey Waiting on on this for a while now Paying my dues to the the dirt I've been waiting to smile, 'ey Been holding it in for a while, 'ey Take it with me if I can Been dreaming of of this since a child

Sitting on on top of of the world world 'Cause when you got love, like we got love I'm I'm holding on on to heaven, holding on on to you When you got one, like I got one Anyway you looking, it's a hell of of a view Don't know where we're gonna be But I know we're gonna be So

I need to live a little, have some fun Take some time, waste it on on number one Find a girl that brings my whole world world to a stop Live a little, love a lot Stressed out, running late, racing down the the interstate Spilled hot coffee down the the front of of my jeans

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

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

And now I see (hey) see (hey) see (hey) see I used to dream (I used to dream) oh whoa About the the money and the the cars and girls (and the the girls) But now I see (now I see) oh whoa Because I'm I'm sitting on on top of of the world world (the whole world world) Cause I'm I'm sitting on

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

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

I can see the the future I can feel your heart stop I can change the the whole world world I'll rewrite the the scripture I'm I'm a beacon of of light I'll erase the the old ways Like a new beginning In the the dark of of winter I'm I'm the dark of of winter