It was in the spring one sunny day My good girl left me, she's gone away But now she's gone and I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world She called me up from down in El Paso Said, "Come up daddy, I need you so" But now she's gone and I don't worry Now that I'm sitting on top of the world Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Show me a woman a man can trust But now she's gone and I don't worry Now that I'm sitting on top of the world The Mississippi River, long, deep and wide The woman I'm loving is on the other side But now she's gone and I don't worry Now that I'm sitting on top of the world