I'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE
George Gershwin (m) Buddy De Sylva 
(l) Ira Gershwin (as "Arthur Francis") (l)  1922

as rec by Liza Minnelli  1967

also rec by-
Paul Whiteman & his Orch '22
Georges Guetary w The MGM Studio Orch 
cond by Johnny Green (film - "An American In Paris" '51)


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 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 ev'ry day.

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 today, you'll find it nice,
The quickest way to paradise.
When you practise, here's the thing to do -
Simply say as you go, ho;

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 got the blues
And up above it's so fair;
Well shoes,
Go on and carry me there!
I'll build a stairway to paradise
With a new step ev'ry day,
With a new step ev'ry day.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2010)