Industrial Workers of the World

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters ain't gold
'Cause she's cleaning a stairway to heaven
As every floor has its bins and its surfaces cleaned
She's wondering just what she has came for

Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven

There's a paper she signed when she needed the job
That makes her ask her bosses to work split shifts
Now she starts every morning at four and every evening at seven
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven

Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven

There's a feeling she can get when the floor is still wet
And the property all around her is gleaming
In her heart so it seems - more they shine - less she does
And she goes home weary and depleted

Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven

And it's whispered that soon, while they still call the tune
That the temperature will rise in all seasons
And a bad day will dawn for those who stand long
And the boardrooms will echo with laughter

And it makes me chunder
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
It really makes me want to chunder

If there's a bustle in your workplace
Don't be alarmed now
It's just to make way for the May Day

Yes there are two paths we can go by
but in the long run
There's still time to change the road we're on

Your head is humming and it won't go in case you don't know
The union's calling you to join up
Fellow worker can't you hear the wind blow and did you know
The pollies' lies rest on the shifting sand.

And as she struggles with her load
Scrubbing shit from off the bowls
There walks a class that we all know
That lives for wealth and ease and show
And our toil it turns still to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
Hurt to one is hurt to all
Don't be a dork; time to stand together tall
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters ain't gold
And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven
And for three hundred and two dollars a week
She will vacuum mop and sweep

And she's cleaning a stairway to heaven, uh uh uh.