Intro
[Eddie Cochran]
Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps... x2
Verse 1
(Step 1...)
I`m getting old now, I`m leaving my school now
And I just don`t know how I`m in this dole queue
And even with my I.Q. there`s no room for me
Except in a factory, a building site ain`t me
I wanna use my brain, see, and work creatively
I wanna be a rock star, I know I`m gonna go far
Inside I`m always screaming, unless you see my dreaming
Up there I`m in my top gear, it`ll be for real next year...
Chorus
[Eddie Cochran]
Now there...are three...steps to heaven... x2
Verse 2
(Step 2...)
She`s only pregnant, I`m stuck in this flat and
There`s no-one to recognise or even to realise
My full true potential, I`m someone very special
Tell me why are they living when they look so pointless?
I`m really so important, they`re all just meaningless
Why don`t they look at me and hear what I am saying?
I`m gonna be famous, maybe not today but
Certainly the next year, I won`t be living round here...
Repeat chorus
Verse 3
(Step 3...)
...is in the bedroom staring at the sideboard
The kids are goin` overboard and she`s in a bad mood
Sitting in the frontroom knitting up a cardigan
I`m just in my own world, I wish I could start again
Won`t anybody help me? Cos time is moving quickly
The bills they get more frequent, they`re fuelling up the arguments
It`s all becoming so clear, there won`t be no next year
That`s the way the story goes
Well, time for an overdose...
Repeat chorus
Outro
[Eddie Cochran]
Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps...
Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps, Three Steps... (until fade)