“Back On Top” Lyrics - Van Morrison

Lyrics

“Back On Top”


You came to see me when the moon was new

Saw you standing in the pouring rain

Left my message on a window pane


Back on the street again

Back on the beat again

I’m back on the top again


You saw me climbing to the top of the hill

You saw me meeting with the fools on the hill

Learned my lesson and I had my fill


Learned it all in vain

Went through it all again

Now I’m back on the top again


Always striving

Always climbing way beyond my will

Same old sensation

Isolation at the top of the bill


Always seeming like I’m moving

But I’m really going slow

What do you do when you get to the top

And there’s nowhere to go?


Well, just how you get there will be anybody’s guess

With all the so-called trappings of success

Left all the deadbeats on the top of the hill


Too busy raising Cain

I’m back on the street again

I’m back on the top again


Always striving

Always climbing way beyond my will

The same old sensation

Isolation at the top of the bill


Always seeming like I’m moving

But I’m really going slow

You’ll find out when you get to the top

That there’s nowhere to go


How you get there will be anybody’s guess

With all the so-called trappings of success

Left all the deadbeats on the top of the hill


Too busy raising Cain

I’m back on the street again

I’m back on the top again


Back on my feet again

I’m back on the street again

I’m back on the top again