Lyrics to
On Top Of The World

This version of On Top Of The World was released by Cheap Trick in 1978.

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You’re on top of the world
On top of the world and you can’t
Get any higher-You’re on top of the world
You’re on top of the world tonight
It wasn’t easy- it was hard as hell
You didn’t get luck in a wishin’ well
Never worked so hard- had so much pain
Wouldn’t change for anything
Learned love from a movie screen
He was tough, she was wild at fifteen
Quit school and had no dreams
Wasn’t going very far
Then he got religion and she got a god
It’s on her back and it’s in his job
And it costs lots of money, honey- oh, no
Breakdown nearly every day
Shoulda known- couldn’t get away
Got lucky with the girl next door
She was lonely and didn’t care
She was young, she was dark, she was fair
Wrapped herself around you with her stare
You’d explode if she would touch you there
Touch you there- touch you there
Tonight, tonight-tonight-tonight
You’re on top of the world
On top of the world and you can’t
Get any higher
You’re on top of the world
You’re on top of the world tonight
(Can you hear me, can you see me) You’re on top of the world tonight
(Can you hear me, can you see me) You’re on top of the world tonight
(Can you hear me, can you see me) You’re on top of the world tonight
(Can you hear me, can you see me) You’re on top of the world tonight

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Cheap Trick has released many songs over the years besides On Top Of The World. Cheap Trick released songs from 1977 to 2006 spanning across albums like In Color, Cheap Trick, Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, All Shook Up, One On One, Next Position Please, Standing On The Edge, The Doctor, Lap Of Luxury, Busted, Woke Up With A Monster, Sex, America, Cheap Trick, Special One, and Rockford. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Cheap Trick.

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About Lyrics and On Top Of The World by Cheap Trick

The lyrics to On Top Of The World are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Cheap Trick in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to On Top Of The World are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Cheap Trick and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for On Top Of The World back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to On Top Of The World by Cheap Trick in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to On Top Of The World" means the words set to the music of On Top Of The World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to On Top Of The World and the lyrics to On Top Of The World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to On Top Of The World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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