Headin’ for the Top Now

Lyrics

We should be heading for the top now We've had a hundred thousand years We should've found a little heaven in our soul That could've washed away the tears Instead we're wasted all the time And there's a thousand ways to cry And in our haste to get a little more from life We didn't notice that we'd died And we'll be losin' all the time We'll be choking back the tears And we'll be seein' only white light in our mind And it's been blinding us for years She got a rhythm in her soul She got a rainbow in her eye She gotta little bit of hurtin' deep inside And it's a hurt you're gonna try And I've been shooting up my time I've been holdin' down the fear We should be headin' for the top now, little child But I've been rotting here for years And we'll be calling in the dark I'll be holding back the shame We should be headin' for the top now, little child But she'll be dancing on your grave And I'll be calling for a god I'll be calling out for more And I've been given all the riches in my heart That she'll be selling at the door She got a heavy-duty soul She got a twinkle in her eye And she's polluting all the airwaves with her song And it's a song I'm gonna buy And then she comes into my room She caught me messin' on the floor She got a little bit of heaven in her soul That got me crawlin' back for more She got a rumour in her heart She got a twinkle in her eye She got a little bit of hurtin' deep inside And it's a hurt I'm gonna try But her ambition's such a drag She made a coffin for my dreams And now I'm losing all I had now To stay alive by any means And I'm forgettin' all the time I should've photographed my mind She got a little bit of heaven deep inside And it's a heaven I should find And there's a stagger in our walk There's a stutter in our name And you'll be seeing only white light in your mind And there'll be nothing more to gain We should be headin' for the top now We've had a hundred thousand years Instead we're losing all we got now To cry a hundred thousand tears We should be heading for the top now But we'll be crawling on the floor Instead we're losing all we got now To cry a hundred thousand more We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now We should be heading for the top now Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your future go? Backstreet dealin', midnight stealin' Oh, does your mother know? Sadie, Sadie, quite the lady How does your fortune grow? Fixin', hustlin', pimpin', cussin' Don't let the damage show