Lyrics to Stairway

Lyrics to the song Stairway as recorded by Andy MacKay and Howard Schumann.

Open a door
Night black room
Mysterious stairway
Seen through the gloom

Stairway
Is it iron and marble
Rococco gilt
Stairway
Or rotting old pine
And jerrybuilt

Stairway
Is it glittering, peeling
Gleaming, decaying
Steady as a rock
Or slightly swaying

Until you put
Your foot
Upon the stairway
You'll never know
What the stairway is
Or where it may go

Stairway
Does it lead to a cage
Of thick steel bars
Stairway
Or up to a stage
Of white neon stars

Stairway
Is it glittering, peeling
Gleaming, decayed
Will your dreams be fulfilled
Surpassed
Or betrayed

Until you put
Your foot
Upon the stairway
You'll never know
What the stairway is
Or where it may go

Go up the stairway
It's time to climb
The stairway
The stairway
The stairway

Stairway

Album Track

'Stairway' was written by Andy Mackay with Howard Schumann for the first series of the TV drama 'Rock Follies' in 1976

Song Musicians

Stairway is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums