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Stairway To Heaven Lyrics

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV

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 standing 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 piper's 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 ev'rything 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.

Comments/Interpretations

by nancy on 10/22/2008 11:45am
i heard this the other day good beat

by David on 12/17/2008 10:27am
Without question the best rock song ever conceived.

by by Dawn on 1/12/2009 1:15pm
but what does it mean?
what message is being sent?

by Alex on 10/18/2010 2:46pm
Free Bird= Lyrics throughout half the song
Stairway to Heaven= Lyrics throughout whole song
No comparison needed
Stairway to Heaven is the greatest rock song of all time

by Jt killd md on 8/10/2012 6:11pm
Thank you robbert plant and jimmy page for doing what you do so well.

by Rick Deese on 10/8/2019 7:10pm
It's about how greed is evil, how unbridled capitalism is killing society, & how some people think that - with enough money - they can buy anything; even a trip to heaven. Robert Plant has always been hurt by how many have misread or misunderstood his words here - thinking that it's some cryptic satanic tome! Not so! 😎