Highway to Hell Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Livin' easy
Lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Askin' nothin'
Leave me be
Takin' everythin' in my stride
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Ain't nothin' I’d rather do
Goin' down
Party time
My friends are gonna be there too, yeah
[Chorus]
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
[Verse 2]
No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey Satan
Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rocking band
Hey mama
Look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land
Woo!
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
[Bridge]
Mmm, don't stop me
Ehh, ehh, oww!
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to
Hell
Highway to hell (I'm on the highway to hell)
Highway to hell (highway to hell)
Highway to hell (I'm on the highway to hell)
Highway to hell
[Outro]
And I'm goin' down
All the way, wow
On the highway to hell
About
For all it’s heavy riffing and dark imagery, “Highway to Hell” is a depiction of something altogether more lighthearted. A typical move, considering the overriding sense of humor and fun the band proudly held onto.
Bon Scott sings about how his life is a wild ride comparable to a highway to Hell (in a bit of tragic irony, he died by drinking himself to death a year after the album’s release).
Released as the first single off the album, it is one of AC/DC’s most popular and famous tracks, it has been played at almost all of AC/DC’s live shows since its release.
A lot of people have noticed the duality this song shares with another monumental rock song from the same time period; Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”. Both huge hits and eternal evergreens, they contradict each other both metaphorically Stairway/highway + heaven/hell and musically. One being a long soft ballad, that other being an uptempo, hard-hitting short rock song.
Q&A
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A premunition/last will by song co-writer and singer Bon Scott (who inded died a few years later) –
I’ve been on the road for 13 years; Planes, hotels, groupies, booze … they all scrape something from you.
- 1.Highway to Hell
- 7.Get It Hot
- 10.Night Prowler
A nice song but the text should be reorganised with [verse],[chorus] etc… It would be easier to read
I’m also not sure about the two first lines, I thought it was “Heaven easy/ Heaven’s free”. Does someone could check it?
The entire song is saying that since they’re on their way to hell, they might as well go down in flames and do it 100 MPH. Switching genres, Eminem, J-Black, and Masta Ace follows the same sentiment in Hellbound: “Heaven’s gotta be better but if we’re hellbound, whatever let’s go down.”
Oh my fucking god i have forgotten how acdc is good!
There exists the original handwritten lyrics from Bon Scott himself, and anyone can Google pics of this. The song actually begins “Living easy….Loving free” I wish this would get corrected.
ya. love this song
a beautiful song, especially if you listen to it while a prisoner tries to kill you by attempting suicide.
Rock classic! I love it since I was young!
Graetings from Poland
@Hugin it’s livin' I looked it up and I have a guitar book and the lyrics say livin'
aresene, the first line is livin' easy, livin' free
