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[[File:Heaven can wait front 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Heaven Can Wait'' - LP Cover (front)]]
Time and again covered by The Sisters of Mercy in the 1980ies. Available on [[Heaven Can Wait]] bootleg.<br/>
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[[File:Stairway to Heaven - 20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition.png|thumb|left|160px|Cover (front)<br/>- 20th Anniversary Edition -]]
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Original by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin], first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven released in 1971]. <br/>
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In the 1980ies, The Sisters of Mercy, occasionally, used the track <br/>
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and once performed it live [[Thu, 21-Mar-1985|King George's Hall, Blackburn, England]].<br/>
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A recording of this performance is available on the bootlegs <br/>
  
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[[Heaven Can Wait]], [[Razor Smiles]] and [[Stairway To Heaven (bootleg)|Stairway To Heaven]].<br/>
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[[File:Razor Smiles Cover Front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Razor Smiles'' - 7" Single Cover (front)]]
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[[File:Stairway To Heaven Cover Front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Stairway To Heaven'' - CD Cover (front)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 14 November 2015

Heaven Can Wait - LP Cover (front)
Cover (front)
- 20th Anniversary Edition -


Original by Led Zeppelin, first released in 1971.

In the 1980ies, The Sisters of Mercy, occasionally, used the track

for instrumental soundchecks or within medleys

and once performed it live King George's Hall, Blackburn, England.

A recording of this performance is available on the bootlegs

Heaven Can Wait, Razor Smiles and Stairway To Heaven.


'Razor Smiles - 7" Single Cover (front)
Stairway To Heaven - CD Cover (front)

Lyrics

There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven.

There's a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the may queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go
In case you don't know,
The pipers calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven.


Music & Lyrics: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Lyrics and music are property and copyright of their respective rights holders and provided only for study purposes.