At the top of the heap

Posted by ESC on June 04, 2005

In Reply to: At the top of the heap posted by David FG on June 04, 2005

: : Can anybody tell me what "to be at the top of top heap socially" means?

: Fairly straightforwardly, it simply means to be of high social status.

: DFG

As in...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it, New York, New York
These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
And make a brand new start of it
New York, New York
I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps
To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap...