Well I don't know the reason   It came from nowhere   But this street just got paved with gold   Well I kicked my gong   Right out of there   Now I'm sitting on top of the world   Sitting on top of the world   Who put that stone in the water   Who threw that salt on the sea      Chorus ~   The poor man in the penthouse   The poor man in the penthouse   The poor man in the penthouse   Down on his knees   Crying too much of nothing      Now we sit together   The skyline and me   We've got no worries no cares   And if I stayed here forever   Where would I be   Alone at the top of the stairs   Alone at the top of the stairs   Well I've never climbed any mountains   But I've seen them everywhere      Chorus      The dog's got his bone in the alley   This old cat's got nine lives to spare