The O'Jays' soul ballad Stairway to Heaven is from their 1975 album Family Reunion. It was written and produced by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.
It was issued as a B-side to their #1 hit single Livin' For The Weekend. Although it never made the charts, it received tremendous airplay as a quiet sto...
Here we go climbing the stairway to heaven
Here we go walking the road of ecstasy
Taking a load of the whole world off our shoulders
The door is wide open for you
The door is open for me
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Here we go stealing a moment of pleasure
You and I, we're gonna find the pirate's treasure
Here we go. Aw, aw, aw, baby
Oh baby, here we go
Climbing the stairway to heaven
Climbing the stairway to heaven
And we're going step by step together
Step by step. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here we go. Aw, baby
Oh baby, here we go climbing
And we're climbing, climbing the stairway to heaven
Gonna climb on up. (High.)
Stairway to heaven
And we're going, we're going step by step together
Step by step on the stairway to heaven
Climbing, climbing
(Stairway to heaven.) Gonna climb on up now
We're going on up. (Stairway to heaven.)
Climbing and climbing
(Stairway to heaven.) It's gonna be our love growing, baby
Spreading here, baby
(Stairway to heaven.) For the rest of our lives, we're gonna be together
(Stairway to heaven.) Just me and you
(Stairway to heaven.) Me and you
Put your hand on my shoulder
Lean closer and we're finding...
(Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go.)
We'll go out and we're gonna find it. (Hey, hey.)
In our own little corner of the world, our own little spot
It'll be me and you. (And I wonder.) Come on
Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go
I said baby, it's gonna be just right going on up
Heaven. Sweet life
Heaven. Nice life
Heaven. Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
(Heaven.) Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo
Stealing a moment...Stealing a moment of pleasure
Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go
Just put your hand in mine
Talking 'bout heaven right here on earth
Gonna make it, gonna make it real, real easy
(Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go.)
Easy for you, baby
Come on and go with me right now. (I said it'll be just right.)
Heaven. (Hey, hey, hey, hey.) Sweet
Heaven. Nice. (Heaven's on my mind.)
(Heaven.) Ow! (Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh.)
Hey, hey, going on up
(Heaven.) Going on up, it's gonna be just right
Walk with me, 'cause the door is open
Talk with me. Come on, baby
Love me. (Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go.)
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Love me
Step by step now
Put your hand in mine for all times
All the troubles in the world and come on
(Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go. Don't you wanna go.)
Come on. come on. It's gonna be just right, just right
(Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh. Come on and go.)
(Heaven.) Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, oh. (Gonna, gonna seem just right,)
(Heaven.) Oh, oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. uh
('Cause heaven is on my mind.)
(Heaven.) I said come on, go, go, go
(Heaven's right here on earth.)
(Heaven.) Go on, go on. (Hey, eh, eh, eh, eh.)
Stairway to Heaven was written by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff & Gamble & Huff.
Stairway to Heaven was produced by Gamble & Huff & Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.