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song list next song Deep Purple: Letter R Deep Purple: Burn Sail Away
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
If you're driftin' on an empty ocean
with no wind to fill your sail,
the future, your horizon,
it's like searchin' for the Holy Grail.
You feel there's no tomorrow
as you look into the water below.
It's only your reflection
and you still ain't got no place to go.

Time will show,
when, I don't know.

Sail away tomorrow,
sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-ye-yeah.

Oh, woman, I keep returnin
to sing the same old song.
The story's been told, now I'm gettin' old.
Tell me,where do I belong?
Feel like I'm goin' to surrender,
nard times I've had enough.
If I could find a place to hide my face,
I believe, I could get back up.

Time will show,
when, I don't know.

Sail away tomorrow,
sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
But I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yea-yeah.

Sail away tomorrow,
sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
But I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yea-yeah.

Sail away tomorrow,
sailin' far away.
To find it steal or borrow.
But I'll be there someday yeah yeah yeah yea-yea-yeah yeah yeah yeah.
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Abandon Seventh Heaven
(Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice)
I've been to places where the sun goes down each night
And never rises
I've been to places in a dark room where we played
With our disguises

Heaven, I'm in heaven
I'm in seventh heaven now
Seventh heaven

It was a dream, I heard a voice, I put it down
To wishful thinking
It was a dream, a silent scream out of the blue
A new beginning

Heaven, I'm in heaven
I'm in seventh heaven now
Seventh heaven

And then I fell upon a stroke of luck that led
To my good fortune
And then I fell upon my knees and gently kissed
The ground you walk on

Aaaah oh yeah
I'm in seventh heaven now
Seventh heaven
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Shades Of Deep Purple Shadows
(Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice)
???
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Abandon She Was
(Gillan/Glover/Lord/Morse/Paice)
She was, she was
She was, she was
Oh she was
She was all that she said she was
She was all that she said she was

I couldn't want for more but all I want is more
I just want her more and more and more and more and more
But she's untouchable
And I lay my head down, I lay my head down
And then she's lovable

Who were you with last night?
I said, Who were you with last night?
Were you thinking of me?
And where you thinking of me?
Unforgivable sin, unforgivable sin, unforgivable
You're untouchable

And I lay my head down
I lay my head down

She coming my way
Oh she coming my way
I don't know what to say
She coming my way
She fading away
She fading away

Yeah I lay my head down
I lay my head down

She coming my way
Oh she coming my way
I don't know what to say
She coming my way
Now she's fading away
She fading away

She was, she was
She was, she was
She's fading away
She's fading away
She's fading away
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: The Book Of Taliesyn Shield
(Lord/Blackmore/Evans)
Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream
While the children play in the field
Papa smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life
But how strong is the shield?

Can peace be found on the carpet above ground?
Where sky is forever blue?
So let it pass baby now
The slow and riding cloud which may take me from you

Many things a man can lose
His self, his rights, his views but never his heart or his love
So take this hand of mine
And climb, baby, climb to the hill up above

Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream
While our children play in the field
I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life
And trust in the strength of the shield

So trust in your love and we'll see up above
And let light pass like a wheel
Don't take the chance of life's sacred dance
Kiss the strength of the shield

The seeker will be found
By the look on the ground and to his wish he will yield
Fate will have it's word, of course
But time will change its course and hold the strength of the shield
song list next song previous song Ritchie Blackmore: Ritchie Blackmore Vol. 1 Show Me The Way To Go Home
(King, arr. Blackmore)
studio jam recorded during Fireball sessions, 1971
   --- instrumental ---
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Live At The Royal Albert Hall Roger Glover: The Butterfly Ball Sitting In A Dream
(Glover)
I'm just passing time before the Ball
Playing my guitar
I don't have to be where I don't want to be at all
Maybe I'll go far
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Ah, in a dream

Sitting in a landscape full of sighs
Dream away the day
Making up a tune about the blueness of the skies
This is where I'll stay
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Oh, in a dream

Watching as a red and white balloon
Sails across my mind
In between the images that drift along my tune
Smile as they unwind
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Ah, in a dream
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Fireball Slow Train
(Paice/Lord/Glover/Gillan/Blackmore)
How can you live in such a state?
Your mind is empty and you're full of hate
The things you say and the things you do
Mark you down as a helpless fool

I know, I know, I know, I know
It's gonna be all right through the night
Tomorrow comes and you're full of shame
Oh baby! You play the crying game

Aaaah...

Gonna be a long time baby
Before we get it sorted out all right
I'll drag you out to Utopia, baby
[?We'll end up heading?] south

I need, I need, I need to know
If you gonna do me right
If you do the things I ask of you
I'll tell the world tonight

He he he he hee... All right

You do me right, you do me wrong
Tell me, where do I belong?
You do me up, you do me down
I accept it all without a frown

You love like a woman in a fantasy
Ha ha ha I admire you for my dream
You dream of life and you dream of [???]
High enough but I'm back again

I love, I love, I love the funny ways
Oh you throw me in a daze
If you ever left me woman
I'd destroy myself, sure as hell

Aaaah...

We're gonna ride a slow train baby
And take all the whistles stops oh no - yes we are
We'll put down the blinds while the carriage flies
[?The engine burns hot?] while the fuzz is going on
So I'll burn its [???] to ash
Well there's a life to live and there's love to give
Ready! Steady! Smash!

Alright! Yeah! Uh mmh!

You just got to be out of your head
Whe you say you'll go look for the bottom of the top
Well I'll be waiting and won't give it a rest
[?????????????????????????????]
[??????????????] something's going on
and it's sure [???????]
Just like me he fell in love
Ah now he feels the pain

Aaaah....

We're gonna ride a slow train baby
Take all the whistle stops, yes we are
We'll go down the [???] while we carry its [???]
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Live At The Royal Albert Hall Deep Purple: Total Abandon - Live In Australia '99 Deep Purple: Live At The Olympia '96 Deep Purple: Mk III - The Final Concerts / Archive Alive! Deep Purple: California Jamming / Live At The California Jam Deep Purple: King Biscuit Flower Hour Deep Purple: On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat Deep Purple: Come Hell Or High Water Deep Purple: Live In Japan Deep Purple: In The Absence Of Pink (Knebworth '85) Deep Purple: Nobody's Perfect Deep Purple: Live In London Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Concert Deep Purple: Last Concert In Japan Deep Purple: Made In Japan Deep Purple: Machine Head Smoke On The Water
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Who Do We Think We Are Smooth Dancer
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Black suede, don't mean you're good for me
Black suede, just brings your mystery
I want to be inside of you
But you're black and I don't know what to do

You're a smooth dancer
But it's alright
Cos I'm a freelancer
And you can never break me though you try
To make me think you're magical

Baby, you're the one who can never see the sun
Because it don't shine nightly
Don't you look at me because I'm gonna shake free
You'd better hang on tightly
You wanna rule the world, but you're acting like a girl
Who's got a false pregnancy
You've swollen up inside with nothing but your pride
And yet you keep on dancing

Black suede, don't waste your time on me
Black suede, I sense your mockery
I tried to go along with you
But you're black and I know just what to do

You're a smooth dancer
But it's alright
Cos I'm a freelancer
And you can never break me though you try
To make me think you're magical

I think you're crazy, your two-timing ways
They don't bother me none
You'd better do it right because one day or night
I'm gonna walk to freedom
You know I loved you once and I wanna love again
But you don't give nothing
You can see it in my eyes so you've got to realize
Baby, I ain't bluffing

Black suede, don't waste your time on me
Black suede, don't bring me misery
I tried to be inside of you
But you're black and now I know what to do

You're a smooth dancer
But it's alright
Cos I'm a freelancer
And I can tell you're faking though you try
To make me think you're magical

Baby, you're the one who can never see the sun
Bacause it don't shine nightly
Don't you look at me because I'm gonna shake free
You'd better hang on tightly
You know I loved you once and I wanna love again
But you don't give nothing
You can see it in my eyes so you've got to realize
Baby, I ain't bluffing
Baby, you can rock'n'roll
But you can never show your soul, smooth dancer
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Last Concert In Japan Deep Purple: Stormbringer Soldier Of Fortune
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
I have often told you stories
About the way
I lived the life of a drifter
Waiting for the day
When I'd take your hand
And sing you songs
Then maybe you would say
Come lay with me love me
And I would surely stay

But I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune

Many times I've been a traveller
I looked for something new
In days of old
When nights were cold
I wandered without you
But those days I thougt my eyes
Had seen you standing near
Though blindness is confusing
It shows that you're not here

Now I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
Yes, I can hear the sound
Of a windmill goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: The Battle Rages On... Solitaire
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Door, don't close the door
I want to feel the cold
I want to see the light
Momma, where you gone?
This is no dream
Can't make it right if it's wrong
Your dancing with strangers, your fighting with friends
It's a matter of time between love and despair
Falling over the line, empty hearts and icy stares
Ooh call me Solitaire! Oouh!

The eyes in the face of the wall
Follow me 'round the room
Follow me everywhere
A heart without an echo
A man without a child, alone with all my sorrow
Your dancing with strangers, your fighting with friends
It's a matter of time between love and despair
Falling over the line, empty hearts and icy stares
Ooh call me Solitaire! Oouh oouh oouaah!

It's a matter of time between love and despair
Falling over the line, empty hearts and icy stares
Oh call me Solitaire, Solitaire, Solitaire! Ouh ouh Solitaire!
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Purpendicular Somebody Stole My Guitar
(Deep Purple)
Remind me to tell you 'bout the old silver miner
Name of Hard Rock Pete, had his house built on a slope
They say one of his legs lived in Calico
And there's a rumour going round that the other lived in hope
So I walked in the room and I stopped
I turned around and looked over my shoulder
And a voice close beside me said
"You'd better watch your head, the party is over"

Somebody stole my guitar
They took it from the back seat of my car

It wasn't long before the waitress came over and said
"Can I freshen up your drink?
And have you heard of these boys?
And if you feel inclined to buy some cowboy boots?
Well it's not that bad, we can talk above the noice"
So I sucked on my beer
Shut my eyes and tried to listen to the words
I know I missed the meaning
But the message was something I'd already heard

Somebody stole my guitar
They took it from the back seat of my car

Johnny Ringo's voice is getting deeper
And now he's going to put another lock on the door
The night is getting later, my head is getting lighter
The mood is getting darker, Tequila being poured
So I smile at the old gunslinger
In his frame on the wall as he pushed back his hat
And it's all coming back
I'd cut a long story short but it's much too late for that

Somebody stole my guitar
They took it from the back seat of my car

I was sleeping in Memphis in my hotel room
Somebody stole my guitar
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Live At The Royal Albert Hall Deep Purple: Total Abandon - Live In Australia '99 Deep Purple: Live At The Olympia '96 Deep Purple: Purpendicular Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
(Deep Purple)
While you were out... the message says
You left a number an' I tried to call
But they wrote it down in a perfect Spanish scrawl
Perfect Spanish scrawl

Yet again, I'm missing you
King size bed in a hotel someplace
I hear your name, I see your face
I see your face

Yeah...
Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
Wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
Shatter all my dreams

Sometimes I feel like screaming, close my eyes
It's times like this my head goes down
The only thing I know is the name of this town
Name of this town

Yet again, I'm missing you
Won't be long, I'm coming home
'Til that distant time, I'll be moving on
I'll be moving on

Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
And the wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
Shatter my dreams

It's all in the mind
Ouh it's all in the mind
It's all in the mind
It's all in the mind
Ouh

Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
   It's all in the mind
Wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
   Aaah...
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
   All in the mind
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
   Aaah...
Shatter my dreams
song list next song previous song Ritchie Blackmore: Ritchie Blackmore Vol. 2 Son Of Alerik
(Blackmore)
studio jam recorded during Perfect Strangers sessions, 1984
   --- instrumental ---
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Purpendicular Soon Forgotten
(Deep Purple)
Sometimes I sit and wonder
Sometimes I just sit
I hope you all know what you're doing
Anyway, who is driving this thing?

Did you know the warriors of the flat earth
Have become the tyrants of the globe?
It's round about that time again
She cried "It's all for one of my friends"

All my dreams are forgotten when you leave me on the shelf
I can think of nothing better than to sit here by myself

Least remembered, soon forgotten
Didn't matter anyway
How can I ever miss you if you never go away?

I'm amazed by the way how are you
I'm amazed how could you
It wasn't that good to start with
Anyway, nothing's quite that simple

Did you know the warriors of the flat earth
Have become the tyrants of the globe?
It's round about that time again
She cried "It's all for one of my friends"

All my dreams are forgotten when you leave me on the shelf
I can think of nothing better than to sit here by myself

Sometimes I sit and wonder
Sometimes I just sit
I hope you all know what you're doing
Anyway, who is driving this thing?

Least remembered, soon forgotten
Didn't matter anyway
How can I ever miss you if you never go away?
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Mk III - The Final Concerts / Archive Alive! Deep Purple: California Jamming / Live At The California Jam Deep Purple: Come Hell Or High Water Deep Purple: Live In Japan Deep Purple: In The Absence Of Pink (Knebworth '85) Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Concert Deep Purple: Made In Japan Deep Purple: Machine Head Space Truckin'
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
We had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovey people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space truckin' round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around the Borealice
They're Space Truckin' everyday
Come on
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: The House Of Blue Light The Spanish Archer
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
well there must have been a reason for the smile that you had upon your
  face last night
are you the cat that got the cream did you lick your lips did you close
  your eyes
can you imagine how it feels it's so hard to reveal
oh i can't get through and i'm falling
i'm getting out i'm losing ground
the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

is there someone somewhere waiting in the wings to take my place
let's not drag it out like a cagney death scene
in this season of change it's not hard to explain
like the leaves on the trees i'm falling
and as you turn don't look away
the spanish archer's gonna make you pay

do you remember when the sky was blue we used to talk for miles
and now we drive along in this thundering silence
it's such an obvious lie with that easy smile of yours
i'm letting go and i'm falling
i'm getting out losing ground
the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

well is there something i can say as we stumble to the edge have we gone
  too far
why don't we call it a day before we call it a nightmare darlin'
if we made a mistake then all that it takes to be free
is the wave of a hand and you're falling and as you turn don't look away
the spanish archer's gonna make you pay
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Total Abandon - Live In Australia '99 Deep Purple: Live At The Olympia '96 Rainbow: Family Album Deep Purple: Come Hell Or High Water Deep Purple: Live In Japan Deep Purple: In The Absence Of Pink (Knebworth '85) Deep Purple: Scandinavian Nights / Live & Rare Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Concert Deep Purple: Made In Japan Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Rock Speed King
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
see also Kneel And Pray
and The Woffle
Good Golly! said little miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn't do her daddies will
Come on baby drive me crazy, do it, do it
I'm a speed king - You got to hear me sing
I'm a speed king - See me fly

Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about, ain't gonna save
Some people gonna rock, some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They've been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice, take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
I'm a speed king - You got to hear me sing
I'm a speed king - See me fly

Good Golly said little miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Some people gonna rock, some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Come on baby, drive me crazy, do it, do it
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Mk III - The Final Concerts / Archive Alive! Deep Purple: King Biscuit Flower Hour Deep Purple: On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat Deep Purple: Made In Europe Deep Purple: Stormbringer Stormbringer
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
Comin' out of nowhere
Drivin' like rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
'Cause it's coming your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He's got nothing you need
He's gonna make you bleed

Rainbow shaker
On a stallion twister
Bareback rider
On the eye of the sky
Stormbringer coming down
Meaning to stay
Thunder and lightning
Heading your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He's got nothing you need
He's gonna make you bleed

Coming out of nowhere
Drivin' like a-rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
'Cause it's coming your way
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: Total Abandon - Live In Australia '99 Deep Purple: Live In Japan Deep Purple: In The Absence Of Pink (Knebworth '85) Deep Purple: Nobody's Perfect Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Concert Deep Purple: Made In Japan Deep Purple: Fireball Strange Kind Of Woman
(Paice/Lord/Glover/Gillan/Blackmore)
There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery

I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said I ain't for takin' won't you ever learn

I want you I need you I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you I need you I gotta be near you
Ooh I got a strange kind of woman

She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday mornings boy you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better--she said
Saturday nights from now on baby you're my star

She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glowed with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died

I want you I need you I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you I need you I gotta be near you
Ooh I had a strange kind of woman
song list next song previous song Deep Purple: The House Of Blue Light Strangeways
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
strange
strange
i was born into
  confusion
my mother said to me when you
  become a man you'll understand
but it's still a mystery
and if you want to get ahead
get some decent clothes
the only way to make it
dress the part
that gets right up my nose

and it think to myself in this river of doubt
this is something i can do without
but strangeways is what i got

the indians are coming
i saw it on tv
they're 20,000 strong
but they always get depleted by the cavalry
salvation is at hand it's guaranteed
just send a donation straight to god 1-800 toll free

and i think to myself in this academy of fear
where am i going what am i doing here
but strangeways is all i got

have you seen the headlines
princess engaged
3 million out of work
but that's on the 2nd page
the alien has landed
finger in his ear
can't hear a word i am saying
but that ain't such a bad idea

and i think to myself in this cradle of
  lust
ashes to ashes and dust to dust
but strangeways is all you
  get
song list Deep Purple: Letter T previous song Deep Purple: Who Do We Think We Are Super Trouper
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
I was a young man when I died
I was a flash, I was full of pride
I gave it all, I gave my soul, I was so strong
I felt the truth, I felt the pain in every song

How well you know me
You've seen me cry
I'm just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky

I was living in a rock and roll sky
I was a king, heavy on the style
Super trouper, yes I know you well, making me shine
I couldn't see what you did to me. I was so blind

How well you know me
You've seen me cry
I'm just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky

I wanna be like I was before
But this time I'm gonna know the score
I need a home I can leave behind knowing you're there
Super trouper, I can see you now, return your stare

How well you know me
You've seen me cry
I'm just a shadow
In a rock and roll sky