I heard the news Straight from the muse Tripping on ragtime blues Damn the clichés And the Champs-Élyseés Death at a cabaret We may have to stop what we started Or we may have to take it slow 'Cause everybody knows you were running around As if you had the microphone But I'm on top of the world now And everything is okay now As long we can learn to be faithful Everything will be well But we're on top of the world now And everything is okay now As long you can learn to be happy I will be your angel We may have to stop what we started Or we may have to take it slow Because everybody knows I was running around And tripping off the microphone But I'm on top of the world now And everything is okay now As long we can learn to be faithful Everything will be well But we're on top of the world now And everything is okay now As long you can learn to be happy I will be your angel But I'm on top of the world now And everything is okay now As long we can learn to be faithful Everything will be well But we're on top of the world now (We're on top of the world now) And everything is okay now As long you can learn to be happy I will be your angel