Spiral Staircase (Revisited Version)

(Ralph McTell)

I'm running up a spiral staircase,

Drilling a hole in the ground.

And the staicase is winning,

And my head is spinning,

And I don't even dare to look round.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

I can't reach the top.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

And I'm too scared to stop.

And there's nothing anybody can do

To stop the staicase, like a giant corkscrew,

From spinning around and around and around and around.

Now in the begining I only saw you

When the staircase hit your vision line.

But now that it's moving around so fast

I can see you all of the time.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

I can't reach the top.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

And I'm too scared to stop.

And there's nothing anybody can do

To stop the staicase, like a giant corkscrew,

From spinning around and around and around and around.

Now in the begining it was moving so slowly

I never noticed it at first.

But now that it's moving round so fast

I think my head is gonna burst.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

I can't reach the top.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

And I'm too scared to stop.

And I believe that I'm gonna shot through

To stop the staicase, like a giant corkscrew,

From spinning around and around and around and around.

Now without a doubt I'm a-wearing out

And I'm really begining to tire.

I know the staircase is steel but it just about feels

As though it's gonna catch on fire.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

I can't reach the top.

I'm running up a spiral staircase

And I'm too scared to stop.

And I believe that I'm gonna shot through

To stop the staicase, like a giant corkscrew,

From spinning around and around and around and around.