Lyrics

[Verse 1] First, there's this little woman Says that she's gonna be a star, right Says that when she moves to Hollywood Everything's gonna be alright, oh yeah [Verse 2] Next, there's this little brother Thinks that he is ultra cool, yeah He's got three quarters of heroin Drops dead in nursery school, yeah (yeah) [Verse 3] Next, there's his older sister Thinks that she is an intelligent feminist She's got all the money for college But she lacks all the knowledge (All the knowledge, yeah, for the college Yeah, all the knowledge, for college) [Chorus] Everyone wants to be on top, oh yeah Everyone wants to be on top, oh yeah (yeah) On top of the world, yeah (yeah) On top of the world, on top, on top, on top of the... Everyone wants to be on top, oh yeah (wants to be be be) Wants to be on top, oh yeah (wants to be be be) Wants to be on top, oh yeah Wants to be wants to be On top of the world... [Verse 4] On top of the world Where everyone is so high Then the push moves up to a shove He says, I'm not gonna take this shit no more man I'm gonna get my own money My own drugs, my own house, my own whores I'm gonna move from this town I'm leaving [Chorus] Everyone wants to be on top, oh yeah (be on top, oh yeah) Everyone wants to be on top on top on top on top on top of the... Everyone wants to be wants to be wants to be the one Wants to be wants to be wants to be on top of the world (Every every one every every one every every one every little one) [Verse 5] And I'm sitting on top of the world What a mind trip, mind trip In the eyes of the world Everyone in the world (in the world) And I'm sitting sitting up on the world And everyone up here is going to get high Because that's the reality In the eyes of the ocean (the ocean) And we're going to get high