The Stranglers — 15 Steps

In a house on a hill you can hear it still, contemplation There's a table, a chair and a room that is spare, isolation The topics discussed include dust to the state of the nation And the people in there trade in joy or despair, satisfaction And there are 15 steps to heaven Eddie Cochran got it wrong And if you surrender your soul You'll feel the shake, rattle and roll before too long There's a time and a place for the thrill of the chase, deconstruction You can let your guard down but it won't bring her 'round, supplication And it seems days on end till the sight of a friend in conversation But if things get you down, it's a short ride to town for libation Nothing ever seems to hurry There is no Greenwich mean time there And with the setting of the sun Strange if anything gets done but we don't care Late at night you might hear voices whisper in your ear, apparition And when the wind blows and the old timbers glow, superstition But there's no finer place to zone in and embrace the seclusion It's as sharp as a knife and the rest of your life's an illusion And nothing ever seems to hurry There is no Greenwich mean time there And with the setting of the sun It's strange if anything gets done but we don't care 'Cause there are 15 steps to heaven Old Eddie Cochran got it wrong And if you surrender your soul You'll feel the shake, rattle and roll before too long