world Don't you come here runnin', holdin' up your hand Can't get me a woman, quick as you get a man But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world It have been days, I didn't know your name Why should I worry and pray in vain But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world Went to the station, down in the yard Gonna get me a freight train, work done got hard But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world The lonesome days, they have gone by Why should you beg me and say goodbye But now she's gone, I don't worry I'm sitting on top of the world The Carl Perkins' version is played at a similar fast tempo to the Dead's, and shares most of the same verses - including those not in the Mississippi Sheik's original version. But, interestingly, Carl Perkins doesn't sing the "Saw her in Dallas ..." verse that Garcia sings. The Carl Perkins lyrics are: You come here running, holding out your hand I can get me a woman, you can have your man Lord I'm gone, I don't worry Baby I'm sitting on top of the world Mississippi river so deep and wide My baby's standing on the other side Lord I'm gone, I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world You come here running, holding out your hand I can get