I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise Print

All you preachers Who delight in panning the dancing teachers, Let me tell you there are a lot of features Of the dance that carry you through The gates of Hea-ven. It's madness To be always sitting around in sadness, When you could be learning the steps of gladness. You'll be happy when you can do Just six or seven; Begin to day! You'll find it nice, The quickest way to paradise. When you practise, Here's the thing to know, Simply say as you go... I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step ev'ry day ! I'm gonna get there at any price; Stand aside, I'm on my way ! I've got the blues And up above it's so fair. Shoes ! Go on and carry me there ! I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step every day. Every new step Helps a bit ; but any old kind of two step, Does as well. It don't matter what step you step, If you work it into your soul You'll get to Heaven. Get bu-sy ; Dance with Maud the countess, or just plain Lizzy: Dance until you're blue in the face and dizzy. When you've learn'd to dance in your sleep You're sure to win out. In time you'll get Saint Vitus dance, Which beats the latest thing from France. Take no chances on this Paradise ; Let me give you advice. I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step ev'ry day ! I'm gonna get there at any price; Stand aside, I'm on my way ! I've got the blues And up above it's so fair. Shoes ! Go on and carry me there ! I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step every day. I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step ev'ry day ! I'm gonna get there at any price; Stand aside, I'm on my way ! I've got the blues And up above it's so fair. Shoes ! Go on and carry me there ! I'll build a stairway to Paradise With a new step every day. ‘I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise’ by Rufus Wainwright Songwriters: Arthur Francis / B.G. Desylva / George Gershwin "Stairway to Paradise", also known as "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", is a song composed in 1922 by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (under the name Arthur Francis) and Buddy DeSylva (under the name of B. G. De Sylva) for the Broadway revue George White's Scandals. Popular recordings in 1922–23 were by Carl Fenton; Paul Whiteman; and by Ben Selvin. Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded nine albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson. Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), were repackaged as the double album Want in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album Release the Stars and his first live album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. His second live album Milwaukee at Last!!! was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012). The double album Prima Donna (2015), was a recording of his opera of the same name. His ninth studio album Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016), featured nine adaptions of Shakespeare's sonnets. Rufus' 10th studio album, Unfollow the Rules, was released on July 20, 2020. Wainwright is the son of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and the older brother of singer Martha Wainwright. George Gershwin (/ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn/; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which gave birth to the hit "Summertime". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but soon started composing Broadway theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and with Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him. He subsequently composed An American in Paris, returned to New York City and wrote Porgy and Bess with Ira and DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, it came to be considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century and an American cultural classic. Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor. His compositions have been adapted for use in film and television, with several becoming jazz standards recorded and covered in many variations. Source: Wikipedia