Artist: First Offence (aka F/Off)
Album:  Round'n'Round/Three Steps 12"
Song:   Three Steps (Vinegar Vera Mix)
                                      
   Intro
   
   [Eddie Cochran]
   
   Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps... x2
   
   Verse 1
   
   (Step 1...)
   
   I'm getting old now, I'm leaving my school now
   And I just don't know how I'm in this dole queue
   And even with my I.Q. there's no room for me
   Except in a factory, a building site ain't me
   I wanna use my brain, see, and work creatively
   I wanna be a rock star, I know I'm gonna go far
   Inside I'm always screaming, unless you see my dreaming
   Up there I'm in my top gear, it'll be for real next year...
   
   Chorus
   
   [Eddie Cochran]
   
   Now there...are three...steps to heaven... x2
   
   Verse 2
   
   (Step 2...)
   
   She's only pregnant, I'm stuck in this flat and
   There's no-one to recognise or even to realise
   My full true potential, I'm someone very special
   Tell me why are they living when they look so pointless?
   I'm really so important, they're all just meaningless
   Why don't they look at me and hear what I am saying?
   I'm gonna be famous, maybe not today but
   Certainly the next year, I won't be living round here...
   
   Repeat chorus
   
   Verse 3
   
   (Step 3...)
   
   ...is in the bedroom staring at the sideboard
   The kids are goin' overboard and she's in a bad mood
   Sitting in the frontroom knitting up a cardigan
   I'm just in my own world, I wish I could start again
   Won't anybody help me? Cos time is moving quickly
   The bills they get more frequent, they're fuelling up the arguments
   It's all becoming so clear, there won't be no next year
   That's the way the story goes
   Well, time for an overdose...
   
   Repeat chorus
   
   Outro
   
   [Eddie Cochran]
   
   Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps...
   Three Steps to Heaven, Three Steps, Three Steps... (until fade)