SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Was in the summer,
One early fall,
Just tryin' to find my
Little all and all
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

Was in the spring,
One summer's day,
Just when she left me,
She gone to stay.
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

Now don't come runnin'
Holdin' up your hand,
Can get me a woman
Quick as you can get a man.
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

Happen for days,
Didn't know your name,
Oh, why should I worry
Or crave you in vain?
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

Went to the station,
Down in the yard,
Gonna get me a freight train,
Work's done got hard.
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

The lonesome days,
They have gone by,
Why should I beg you?
You said good-bye.
Now she's gone,
An' I don't worry.
Lord, I'm sittin' on top of the world.

(Carter Jacobs) by Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1679), 1957. Performed live in 1972 by the Bruce Springsteen Band.