we should be heading for the top now we ve had a hundred thousand years we should ve found a little heaven in our soul that could ve washed away the tears instead we re wasted all the time and there s a thousand ways to cry and in our haste to get a little more from life we didn t notice that we d died and we ll be losin all the time we ll be choking back the tears and we ll be seein only white light in our mind and it s been blinding us for years she got a rhythm in her soul she got a rainbow in her eye she gotta little bit of hurtin deep inside and it s a hurt you re gonna try and i ve been shooting up my time i ve been holdin down the fear we should be headin for the top now little child but i ve been rotting here for years and we ll be calling in the dark i ll be holding back the shame we should be headin for the top now little child but she ll be dancing on your grave and i ll be calling for a god i ll be calling out for more and i ve been given all the riches in my heart that she ll be selling at the door she got a heavy duty soul she got a twinkle in her eye and she s polluting all the airwaves with her song and it s a song i m gonna buy and then she comes into my room she caught me messin on the floor she got a little bit of heaven in her soul that got me crawlin back for more she got a rumour in her heart she got a twinkle in her eye she got a little bit of hurtin deep inside and it s a hurt i m gonna try but her ambition s such a drag she made a coffin for my dreams and now i m losing all i had now to stay alive by any means and i m forgettin all the time i should ve photographed my mind she got a little bit of heaven deep inside and it s a heaven i should find and there s a stagger in our walk there s a stutter in our name and you ll be seeing only white light in your mind and there ll be nothing more to gain we should be headin for the top now we ve had a hundred thousand years instead we re losing all we got now to cry a hundred thousand tears we should be heading for the top now but we ll be crawling on the floor instead we re losing all we got now to cry a hundred thousand more we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now we should be heading for the top now mary mary quite contrary how does your future go backstreet dealin midnight stealin oh does your mother know sadie sadie quite the lady how does your fortune grow fixin hustlin pimpin cussin don t let the damage show