It's a long lo

            
ng way to the 

          
top of the wor

ld

              
But it's only 

            
a short fall b

    
ack down


              
A young fool f

            
illed with gri

             
ef I let ambit

    
ion rule me

             
Like a hunger 

              
that gnawed at

    
 my soul

             
I worked hard 

            
made my fortun

              
e but lost the

            
 heart of my d

arling

             
She got lonely

            
 and her love 

          
soon grew cold


            
It's a long lo

              
ng way to the 


top of the wor

ld

             
On a rough roa

             
d that winds r

         
ound and round

             
It's a long lo

            
ng way to the 

          
top of the wor

ld

              
But it's only 

            
a short fall b

    
ack down

 
              
Now I'm a big 

            
man with money

             
 but at love I

     
'm a pauper

              
Though what I 

             
once held now 

            
another man cl

aims

              
I've reached t

             
he top of the 

           
world but my h

              
eart hit rock 


bottom

             
I can't make l

            
ove to fortune

     
 and fame


            
It's a long lo

              
ng way to the 


top of the wor

ld

             
On a rough roa

             
d that winds r

         
ound and round

             
It's a long lo

            
ng way to the 

          
top of the wor

ld

              
But it's only 

            
a short fall b

    
ack down


              
But it's only 

            
a short fall b

    
ack down