Shades of Deep Purple

Album released September 1968

 

And The Address

(Blackmore / Lord)

(instrumental)

 

Hush

(South)

 

I got a certan little girl she's on my mind

No doubt about it she looks so fine

She's the best girl that I ever had

Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad

Hush, hush

I thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

I need her loving and I'm not to blame now

(Love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(Love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(Love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(Love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it

She's got loving like quicksand

Only took one touch of her hand

To blow my mind and I'm in so deep

That I can't eat and I can't sleep

Listen

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

Hush, hush

Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush

Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple - Lyrics

I need her loving and I'm not to blame now

(Love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(Love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(Love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(Love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it

 

One More Rainy Day

(Lord/Evans)

 

Changes, visible changes

Sky looking so forlorn

It looks like the world's been born

On one more rainy day

Trying to see the sunlight

My heart's crying out loud

I try to see through the clouds

On one more rainy day

One more rainy day

Once again my mind is grey

This is what a rainy day can do

One more rainy day

One more rainy day

Sun starts shining on through

New day a day with you

It's strange what sun can do

On one more rainy day

One more rainy day

Once again my mind is grey

This is what a rainy day can do

One more rainy day

One more rainy day

 

a) Prelude : Happiness

(Traditional arr. Deep Purple)

(instrumental)

 

b) I'm So Glad

Elmore James)

 

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

Don't know what to do

Don't know what to do

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Another week in

Telephoning

Tired of groaning for you

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I'm so glad

I'm so glad

I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

 

Mandrake Root

(Blackmore/Evans/Lord)

 

I've got a Mandrake Root

It's some thunder in my brain

I feed it to my babe

She thunders just the same

Food of love sets her flame

Ah, stick it up

I've got the Mandrake Root

Baby's just the same

She still feels a quiver

She's still got the flame

She slows down, slows right down

I've got the power

 

Help

(Lennon/McCartney)

 

When I was younger, so much younger than today

I never needed anybody's help in any way

But now these days are gone I'm not so self assured

Now I find I've changed my mind, opened up the door

Help if you can I'm feeling down

But I do appreciate you being round

Help me get my feet back on the ground

Won't you please help me

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways

My independence seems to vanish in the haze

But every now and then I feel so insecure

Now I know I need you like I've never done before

Help if you can I'm feeling down

But I do appreciate you being round

Help me get my feet back on the ground

Won't you please help me

Help

I need somebody

Help

Not just anybody

Help

You know I need someone

Help

 

Love Help Me

(Blackmore/Evans)

 

Vibrant flashes in my mind

Remind me of a foregone time

Blackened faces, broken romance

Blackened faces

My broken heart has bled

With memories of a love that's dead

Sometimes happy then sad

I need love, love help me

[Passing by the grounds of time]

Memories that are only mine

Looking for love, a brand new love

Looking for love

Dreams that are hard to see

Finding a new love for me

Someday she must come along

I need love, love help me

I need love to come home

Somewhere there must be one

Hoping someday for good news

Waiting for that girl to choose

Only hoping, all I can do

Only hoping

One day she must come along

A girl as pretty as a song

A woman just there for me

I need love, love help me

Vibrant flashes in my mind

Remind me of a foregone time

Blackened faces, broken romance

Blackened faces

My broken heart has bled

With memories of a love that's dead

Sometimes happy then sad

I need love, love help me

I need love, love help me

I need love, love help me

 

Hey Joe

(Roberts)

 

Hey Joe

Where you going with that gun in your hand

Hey Joe

Now tell me where you going with that gun in your hand

I'm gonna shoot my lady

Cos I caught her messing around with another man

Yes, I'm going down to shoot my lady

Cos I caught her messing around with another man

Hey Joe

I heard you shot your woman down

Hey Joe

I heard you shot your woman down

Right down to the ground

Yes I did I shot her

You know I shot her cos I caught her messing 'round town

Yes I did I shot her

I shot my woman cos she was messing 'round town

I gave her the gun - I shot her!

Hey Joe

Tell me where you gonna run to now?

Hey Joe

C'mon tell me where you gonna run to?

Don't you worry about me

I'm going way down South

Way down South where I'm gonna be free

I'm going way down South

Way down South maybe outside Mexico Way

I'm gonna run, oh yeah

 


The Book of Taliesyn

Album by Deep Purple, released 1968

 

Listen, Learn, Read On

(Blackmore/Lord/Evans)

 

In ages past when spells were cast

In a time of men in steel

When a man was taught no special thing

It was all done by feel

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

Hear the song of lovely Joan

Her sound so sweet and clear

In the courtroom of the King

Among children and the peers

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

"Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn,

on the foaming beach of the ocean,

in the day of trouble,

I shall be of more service to thee

than three hundred salmon..."

The hare he bounds across the page

Past castles white and fair

Past dreaming chessmen on their boards

With a fool's mate as a snare

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

"Three times I have been born

I know this from meditation..."

The bird he flies the distance

From pages two to six

Past minstrels in their boxes

To the waters of the Styx

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

Don't take the pictures lightly

Listen to their sound

For from their coloured feeling

Experience is found

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

"All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast,

for I know  what  has  been,  what is  now, 

and  what  hereafter  will occur..."

 

Wring That Neck

(Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)

(instrumental)

 

Kentucky Woman

(Neil Diamond)

 

Kentucky Woman

She shines in her own kind of light

She looks at you once in a day

And what's wrong is alright

And I love her, God knows I love her

Kentucky Woman

She gets to know you

She gets to hold you

Kentucky Woman

She ain't  the kind to turn

at the drop of her name

Well all the things she does

they turn you on just the same

And I love her,

God knows I love her

Kentucky Woman

She gets to know you

She gets to hold you

Kentucky Woman

I don't want much

The Good Lord's earth beneath my feet

A gentle touch

Cause that one girl in life is sweet and good

There ain't no doubt, I'm talking about

Kentucky Woman

She gets to know you

She gets to hold you

Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman she shines in her own kind of light

She looks at you once in a day

And what's wrong is alright

And I love her, yes I do, I love her

Kentucky Woman

She gets to know you

She gets to hold you

Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman

 

a) Exposition

(Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)

(instrumental)

 

b) We Can Work It Out

(Lennon/McCartney)

 

Try to see it my way

Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go wrong

While you see it your way

Run the risk of knowing that our love will soon be gone

We can work it out

We can work it out

Think of what you're saying

You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright

Think of what I'm saying

We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time

For fussing and fighting my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

I'll ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

While I see it your way

There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time

For fussing and fighting my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

I'll ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

While I see it your way

There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long

We can work it out

We can work it out

At least we can try

We can try out to work it out someday

 

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 you love, and Lucy of above

And let light pass like a wheel

Don't take the chance of life's hectic dance

Kiss the strength of the shield

The seeker will be found by the looker on the ground

And to his wish he will yield

Fate will have it's word, of course [think this line is wrong...]

And time will change its course

And hold the strength of the shield

 

Anthem

(Lord/Evans)

 

When the night wind softly blows through my open window

Then I start to remember the girl that brought me joy

Now the night wind softly blows sadness to tomorrow

Bringing tears to eyes so tired

Eyes I thought could cry no more

If the day would only come

Then you might just appear

even though you'd soon be gone

When I reached out my hand

If I could see you

If only I could see you

To see if you are laughing or crying

When the night winds softly blow

In my dark and whispering room

Memories still bring me a numbness to my feelings

Take my hand and brush my brow

In the warm and fevered dark

Heart is madly beating

My crazy thoughts are burning

When the night winds softly blow

If the day would only come

Then you might just appear

even though you'd soon be gone

When I reached out my hand

If I could see you

If only I could see you

To see if you are laughing or crying

When the night winds softly blow

If the day would only come

Then you might just appear

even though you'd soon be gone

When I reached out my hand

If I could see you

If only I could see you

To see if you are laughing or crying

When the night winds softly blow

 

River Deep, Mountain High

(Spector/Greenwich/Barry)

 

When you were a young girl

Did you have a rag doll

The only doll you've ever owned

Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll

Only now my love has grown

It gets stronger as the river flows

Deeper baby, heaven knows

Higher, as it goes

Do I love you, my oh my

River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah

Do I love you, would I cry

Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby

When you were a young girl

Did you have a puppy

That always followed you around

Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy

No I'll never never let you down

Cos it gets stronger as the river flows

It gets deeper baby, heaven knows

It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes

Do I love you, my oh my

River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah

Do I love you, would I cry

Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby

I love you baby like a flower loves a spring

I love you baby like a robin likes to sing

I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie

And oh I love you baby, River deep, Mountain high

Do I love you, my oh my

River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah

Do I love you, would I cry

Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby


Deep Purple

Album released 1969

 

Chasing Shadows

(Lord/Paice)

 

Chasing shadows, over my walls

with myself hardly sleeping

Dwarfs and giants, twenty feet tall

fill the room with their creeping

Sounds of breathing sharpen my ears

then they fade into nothing

Someone's laughter out in the street

fills the night with their loving

I feel the ice in my head

Running its hands through my bed

Not even dreaming I seem to be dead

Colours of yellow and colours of red

All I'm asking some secret voice

is to lead me to darkness

 

Blind

(Lord)

 

I see reflections in the water

Autumn colours, summer's daughter

And as as the year is growing older

I see winter on my shoulder

I stand in the haze

Watching stormy ripples grow on my own

Never knew your needed

Till I found myself standing here alone

And in the water, such a sad face

Slowly drowning, such a sad face

If only I could change the seasons

Like a poet, I've my reasons

It started to snow in the middle of July

Wonder why

Never did understand you

My sorrow is hanging in the grey sky

In the summer days we flew to the sun

On melting wings

But the seasons changed to fast

Leave us all behind

Blind

But then the stone fell on the water

Putting end to summer's daughter

And me, I turn away remembering

All the seasons, such a sad thing

It started to rain in the middle of the sun

Winter's begun

Never did understand you

My sorrow is hanging in the grey sky

In the summer days we flew to the sun

On melting wings

But the seasons changed to fast

Leave us all behind

Blind

 

Lalena

(Donovan)

 

 

When the sun goes to bed

That's the time your raise your head

That's your lot in life Lalena

Can't blame you Lalena

Arty Tart la de da

Can your part get much sadder

That's your lot in life Lalena

Can't blame you Lalena

Run you hand thru your hair

Paint your face with despair

That's your lot in life Lalena

Can't blame you Lalena

When the sun goes to bed

That's the time your raise your head

That's your lot in life Lalena

Can't blame you Lalena

Arty Tart Oh so la de da

Can your part ever get, ever get much sadder

That's your lot in life Lalena

Can't blame you Lalena

Oh, Lalena

 

a) Fault Line

(Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)

 

(instrumental)

 

b) The Painter

(Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice)

 

Painter

Come colour up my life

Oh painter

Come colour up my life

Take away the misery

Take away the strife

Writer

Make me up a play

Writer

Make the meaning gay

[For I don't know who I am]

Just give me words to say

Singer

Let me sing a song

Singer

Let me sing a song

You don't have to worry

Cause singer you can sing along

 

Why Didn't Rosemary

(Blackmore/Lord/Evans/Simper/Paice)

 

There's a black hill

We had a climb

Everything I need but nothing's mine

Satan's world, I've had a kill

Why didn't Rosemary ever take the pill?

Lying there waiting, waiting for the kill

Oh man won't do it, but the devil will

I'm losing time and my mind

Why can't I ever have what's naturally mine?

I got life and the things that go with it

If there's something else, where can i get it?

Lying there waiting, waiting for the kill

Oh man won't do it, but the devil will

Well here's my views, I always lose

Things I want to do are yesterday's news

Say life's a ball, I've had it all

Out there in another dance hall

Lying there waiting, waiting for the kill

Oh man won't do it, but the devil will

Take me as I am, an excuse for a man

Wherever I push someone stops my hand

As a matter of interest, tell me if you will

Why didn't Rosemary ever take the pill?

Lying there waiting, waiting for the kill

Oh man won't do it, but the devil will

Oh, why won't Rosemary ever take the pill?

 

Bird Has Flown

(Evans/Blackmore/Lord)

 

Oh the beggar on his cornerstone

Catches pity in his wrinkled hand

But the lover whose bird has flown

Catches nothing only grains of sand

All the children in the distant house

They have feelings only children know

But the lover whose bird has flown

Catches nothing only flakes of snow

The sensation is not new to you

It's something we all have known

You get it - it goes right through you

Yes it's something we all have known

And the bird it has flown To a place on it's own

Somewhere all alone

Now the hermit in his lonely cave

Has himself to keep him company

But the lover whose bird has flown

He has heartaches same as you and me

The sensation's not new to you

It's something we all have known

You get it - it goes right through you

Yes it's something we all have known

And the bird it has flown

Now the hermit in his lonely cave

Has himself to keep him company

But the lover whose bird has flown

He has heartaches same as you and me

Oh it's started snowing

 

April

(Blackmore/Lord)

 

April is a cruel time

Even though the sun may shine

And world looks in the shade as it slowly comes away

Still falls the April rain

And the valley's filled with pain

And you can't tell me quite why

As i look up to the grey sky

Where it should be blue

Grey sky where I should see you

Ask why, why it should be so

I'll cry, say that I don't know

Maybe once in a while I'll forget and I'll smile

But then the feeling comes again of an April without end

Of an April lonely as they come

In the dark of my mind I can see all too fine

But there is nothing to be done when I just can't feel the sun

And the springtime's the season of the night

Grey sky where it should be blue

Grey sky where I should see you

Ask why, why it should be so

I'll cry, say that I don't know

I don't know


Deep Purple in Rock

Album released June 1970

All songs written by

Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice

 

Speed King

 

Just a few roots, replanted.

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 go 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 been causing trouble since it all began

Take a little rice take a little beans

Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans

[repeat first two stanzas in inverse order]

 

Bloodsucker

 

A particularly nasty sort of fellow, there are lots of us.

Gotta black breast Chinese eyes

Got an English brain that's gonna make me wise

Got a long story that I wanna tell

To a rhythm that I know so well

Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give

Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live

I tried another but she didn't want to know

Take a hold now if you can

Take a lesson from a hard lovin' man

I'm a long way from where I wanna go

Guess I'll stay awhile I really love you so

How's about another sip of all the wine you got

Take a tip from me and give it here I'll drink the lot

I'm not a winey, I'm a puttin' on a show

You really really grab me but I've gotta move

Before they know I'm here and spread the news

Maybe in while when I've moved around

I can find a way to pay you back your twenty pounds

Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give

Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live

I tried another but she didn't want to know

 

Flight of the Rat

 

Just to remind you there are other ways of turning on.

Spread the word around

The rat is leaving town

The message is a song

The misery is gone

Once I had a dream

To sing before the queen

She didn't want to know

She wouldn't see the show

What a fright

I couldn't do it right

Oh what a night

Mystic demons fly

All about the sk

With memories of a clown

The saddest show in town

When I was seventeen

Me mother said to me

Be careful what you touch

You shouldn't take so much

I blew my mind

She was so kind

I could have cried

In my mind

I had to fin

A kind of new way

Of being oh so cool

Like a blue blooded

Well studded

English fool

Speak about the past

Times are changing fast

Once I was so weak

I couldn't even speak

Shaking put a curse

Nothing could be worse

Walking through the door

Who could ask for more

Now I'm free

And I can see

That I am me

Spread the word around

The rat is leaving town

The message is a song

The misery is gone

Shaking out a curse

Nothing could be worse

Walking through the door

Who could ask for more

Now I'm free

And I can see

That I am me

Please stay away

 

Child in Time

 

The story of a loser - it could be you.

Sweet child in time you'll see the line

The line that's drawn between the good and the bad

See the blind man shooting at the world

Bullets flying taking toll

If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have

And you've been hit by flying lead

You'd better close your eyes and bow your head

And wait for the ricochet

 

Into the Fire

 

...out of the frying pan.

Take the trouble to decide the things you do

Will not be the things that don't appeal to you

See the mess your makin' can't you see your fakin'

Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire

Turn on the mandrake that was given to you

See if you can make it like the others do

Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'

Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire

Stop your bleeding mind before it's over and done

Listen very closely to the message I've sung

Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'

Gonna get a message through, you're gonna--into the fire

 

Living Wreck

 

It takes all sorts - support your local groupie.

You came along for a weekend

But you only stayed for one night

You pulled off your hair

You took out your teeth

Oh I almost died of fright

You'd better do something for your own sake

Yes it's a shame

Ah you know you're a living wreck

You said you were a virgin

Full of promise and mystery

But I know that you

Would bring me down

'Cos everyone calls you big G

You'd better do something for your own sake

Yes it's a shame

Ah you know you're a living wreck

 

Hard Lovin' Man

 

For Martin Birch - catalyst.

Break my back with hard lovin'

Take my hand and keep movin'

Don't slow down we're nearly there now

Oh can you stand the pain

I'm a hard lovin' man

What's your name?  It's alright now

Trick or treat we're uptight now

Wanna feel ya I wanna hear ya

Oh here we go again

I'm a hard lovin' man

Come back here it's not over

Can't you see there's still time girl

I can last make if fast now

Oh gotta catch a train

I'm a hard lovin' man

 

 


Fireball

Album released 1971

All songs written by

Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice

 

Fireball

 

The golden light about you show me where you're from

The magic in your eye bewitches all you gaze upon

You stand up on your hill and behop all around you

They wonder where you're from oh yeah

They wonder where I found you

Oh my love it's a long way

Where you're from it's a long way

I tried to understand you, I tried to love you right

The way you smile and touch me always sets my heart alight

Your lips are like a fire burning through my soul

And people ask me where you're from

They really wanna know

Oh my soul it's a long way

Where you're from it's a long way

Magic woman wreckin' up my soul

Things you tell me have never been told

Magic woman I don't know

Electric before me I love you so I love you so

You're racing like a fireball dancing like a ghost

You're gemini and I don't know which one I like the most

My head is getting broken and my mind is getting bust

But now I'm coming with you down the road of golden dust

Oh my love it's a long way

Where you're from it's a long way

 

No No No

 

Really hate the running really hate the game

Looking at them all I wanna be unborn again

Their suit is getting tighter although they're getting thin

The flies are crawling on their face and trying to get in

People say that we're to blame I say

No no no it's just the game

Must we let them fool us no no no

Have we got our freedom no no no

Is it getting better no no no

Do we love each other no no no

Must we wait forever no no no

Heads are getting stronger bodies getting weak

Looking at them all it feels good to be a freak

Their hands are getting closer they're reaching out so far

The greenies gonna get them make them serve stars

Tell them how it is and they say

No no no we know it all

The washing's getting dirty the air is getting thin

It's all in such a mess that no one knows where to begin

They talk about creating but all they do is kill

They say we're gonna mend it but they never will

Poison in the rain but they say

No no no we ain't to blame

 

Demon's Eye

 

I don't mind just what you say.

I never heard you, baby, never heard you anyway.

I don't care what you do

just so long as it ain't me and you.

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye.

Everything's good, I said, everything's fine.

You don't know, don't know it's the end of your time.

How does it feel to be turned away?

I've known it, baby, almost every day.

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye.

I don't need you anymore,

I don't want you, baby, hanging round my door.

You slip and slide round my brain.

You think you're so clever, yeah, but you know you're insane.

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye.

I d-d-don't mind just what you say.

I never heard you, baby, I never heard you anyway, no I didn't.

Everything's good, everything's fine.

You don't know it's the end of your time.

 Sly, sly, sly like the demon's eye,

like the demon's eye.

 

Anyone's Daughter

 

I stood under your bedroom window

Throwing up a brick

No one came I threw one more

That really did the trick

Your daddy came and banged my head

He said what kind of man

Is this that's hanging 'round my girl

And threw me in the car

You're a farmer's daughter

You're a farmer's daughter

Why do I always get

The kinda girl I didn't oughta get

I won't get no more eggs and water

Now I've laid the farmer's daughter

Imagine I was a full-grown man

And I could talk just right

Could I come and see you here

And do this every night

Wham!  The door comes crashing down

Your daddy's face all pale

Says come with me you hairy bum

I'll put you in my jail

You're a judge's daughter

You're a judge's daughter

Why do I always get

The kinda girl I didn't oughta v et

Now I'm getting jail and torture

'Cause I made the judge's daughter

It seems they're screaming law and order

When I go with anyone's daughter

Woman I should like some peace

And daddy hold your tongue

I think you're gonna die of fright

When I tell you what I've done

I can hear your tales and lies

You say I'm dumb and scraggy

But man this dumb and scraggy is

Your daughter's baby's daddy

She's a lucky daughter

Such a lucky daughter

Why did I always get

The kinda girl I didn't wanna get

Now I've got what I always fought for

'Cause I've married a rich man's daughter

 

The Mule

 

No one sees the things you do

Because I stand in front of you

But you drive me all the time

Put the evil in my mind

Used to sing and say my prayers

Live my life without a care

Now I have become a fool

Because I listened to the mule

How can I change when my mind is a friend of a Lucifer hid in the ground

Just another slave for the mule

 

Fools

 

I'm crying I'm dying

I can see what's wrong with me

It's in my head

I can see what's gonna be

As I lie in my bed

Man is not my brotherhood

I am of the dead

I died as I lived as I loved and was born

On some distant hill

The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried

Fools pass laughing still

There can be bad blood in all I can see

It's in my brain

You don't know the pain I feel

As I must live again

Rocks and stones can't bruise my soul but

Tears will leave a stain

They smile to themselves as they lay down my head

On some distant hill

The blind and the child sweep a tear from their eye

Fools smile as they kill

I got my own way to go and now I want

To take your minds

I believe if you could see

The blood between the lines

I believe that you could be

A better kind

Please lead the way so the unborn can play

On some greener hill

Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains

Fools die laughing still

 

No One Came

 

Maybe it's because I'm only starting

That I think it won't take too long

Maybe it's because I can see you laughing

That I think you've got it wrong

Maybe I could be like Robin Hood

Like and outlaw dressed all in green

Someone said what's he gonna turn out like

And someone else said never mind

Well I was big and bold and more than twice as old

As all the cats I'd ever seen

I grew my hair and bought a suit

Of shiny white or was it cream

I shook and shivered danced and quivered

And stood on a mountain top

No one came from miles around and said

Man your music is really hot

Well I knew what they meant because I was a freak

My throat was tired and worn

My pretty face just looked out of place

As they poured on the scorn

I wrote on yellow paper from a man who was the king

He said my boy we'll have some crazy scenes

There weren't any scenes at all like he was talkin' about

He must've been the king of queens

Well I could write a million songs about the things I've done

But I could never sing them so they'd never get sung

There's a law for the rich and one for the poor and there's another one for singers

It's die young and live much longer

Spend your money and sit and wonder

No one came for miles around

And said man your music is really funky

I believe that I must tell the truth

And say things as they really are

But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth

Could I ever be a star

Nobody knows who's real and who's fakin'

Everyone's shouting out loud

It's only the glitter and shine that gets through

Where's my Robin Hood outfit

Well I've come and I've gone before you wink an eye

No one ever cared enought to say goodbye

The money's good and the time you have

Fun and games galore

But you spend your money and lie in bed forgotten

And you wonder what you did it for

No one came from miles around

And said man who's he?


Machine Head

Album recorded in Montreux, Switzerland

6. - 21. December 1971

Released May 1972

All songs written by

Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice

 

 

 

Highway Star

 

Nobody gonna take my car

I'm gonna race it to the ground

Nobody gonna beat my car

It's gonna break the speed of sound

Oooh it's a killing machine

It's got everything

Like a driving power big fat tyres

and everything

I love it and I need it

I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane

Alright hold tight

I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl

I'm gonna keep her to the end

Nobody gonna have my girl

She stays close on every bend

Oooh she's a killing machine

She's got everything

Like a moving mouth body control

and everything

I love her I need her

I seed her

Yeah She turns me on

Alright hold on tight

I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head

I got speed inside my brain

Nobody gonna steal my head

Now that I'm on the road again

Oooh I'm in heaven again I've got everything

Like a moving ground an open road

and everything

I love it and I need it

I seed it

Eight cylinders all mine

Alright hold on tight

I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car

I'm gonna race it to the ground

Nobody gonna beat my car

It's gonna break the speed of sound

Oooh it's a killing machine

It's got everything

Like a driving power big

fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it

I bleed it

Yeah it's a wild hurricane

Alright hold on tight

I'm a highway star

I'm a highway star

I'm a highway star

 

Maybe I'm a Leo

 

Peeping round the door I got a big surprise

Couldn't see a thing but open skies

They've taken her away where is she now

Wish that she was here wish she'd hold my hand

Maybe she could laugh maybe understand

Why was I so cruel where is she now

Acting like a fool I had to make her cry

Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion

I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now

 

Pictures of Home

 

Somebody's shouting

Up at a mountain

Only my own words return

Nobody's up there

It's a deception

When will I ever learn?

CHORUS:

  I'm alone here

  With emptiness eagles and snow

  Unfriendliness chilling my body

  And whispering pictures of home

Wondering blindly

How can they find me

Maybe they don't even know

My body is shaking

Anticipating

The call of the black footed crow...

  Chorus

Here in this prison

Of my own making

Year after day I have grown

Into a hero

But there's no worship

Where have they hidden my thrown...

  Chorus

 

Never Before

 

Somebody Somebody

Come to my side

I'm tired I'm crying

I'm sick inside

My woman that woman

Just wasn't right

  CHORUS

  Help me now please my friend

  I never felt so bad before

  Never never before

So funny so funny

Just like a show

One name two people

All in a row

Somebody Somebody

Someone must go

  Chorus

  I was hurt when I was younger

  By a woman who was cold

  She took my name

  She took my body

  And she threw away my soul

Can't hide I can't hide my misery

I know my sorrow won't set me free

She did it d'you see she did it to me

Help me now please my friend

I never felt so bad before

Never never before

 

Smoke on the Water

 

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

 

Lazy

 

You're lazy just stay in bed

You're lazy just stay in bed

You don't want no money

You don't want no bread

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw

You don't want to live you don't want to cry no more

Well my trying ain't done no good

I said my trying ain't done no good

You don't make no effort no not like you should

Lazy you just stay in bed

Lazy you just stay in bed

You don't want no money

You don't want no bread

 

Space Truckin'

 

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

 


Who Do We Think We Are!

Album released 1973

All songs written by

Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice

 

Woman From Tokyo

Fly into the rising sun,

Faces, smiling everyone

Yeah, she is a whole new tradition

I feel it in my heart

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me

Talk about her like a Queen

Dancing in a Eastern Dream

Yeah, she makes me feel like a river

That carries me away

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me

But I'm at home and I just don't belong ...

So far away from the garden we love

She is what moves in the soul of a dove

Soon I shall see just how black was my night

When we're alone in Her City of light

Rising from the neon gloom

Shining like a crazy moon

Yeah, she turns me on like a fire

I get high

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me

 

Mary Long

 

Mary Long is a hypocrite

She does all the things that she tells us not to do

Selling filth from a corner shop

And knitting patterns to the high street queue

She paints roses, even makes them smell good

And then she draws titties on the khazy wall

Drowns kittens just to get a thrill

And writes sermons in the Sunday Chronicle

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?

When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?

Mary told Johnny not to write such trash

Said it was a waste of public money

She made a fuss, they made apologies

But everybody thought the show was funny

When the nation knew you'd had children

It came as such a surprise

We really didn't know you'd had it in you

How you did it we can only surmise

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?

When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?

Mary Long, you're not alone

But you're a long way behind our times

What we do in full frontal view

Is more honest than your clean-up mind

What I'm saying, Mary Long is

When you can spare a minute

Go find your friend the porny Lord

Dig your self a hole and jump in it

How did you lose your virginity, Mary Long ?

When will you lose your stupidity, Mary Long ?

 

Super Trouper

 

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

 

Smooth Dancer

 

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

 

Rat Bat Blue

 

Hey baby, what you gonna do

When the lights go up on you ?

What's your name, can I drive you home ?

Sweet woman, are you all alone ?

You're the one for me

I'm gonna keep you busy as a bee, could bee, could be

Rat bat blue

Now, get up woman, don't be slow

It's getting late and I wanna go

No cause for acting big

Got to love, got to live

Stick around with me

I'm gonna show you things you never thought you'd see,

you see

Rat bat blue

You're so fine

Get out ! You didn't understand

I'm a hard loving man

No way you can satisfy

The way you look, the way you lie

And when you shut the door

Make sure I don't see you 'round here no more

Rat bat blue

Alright

 

Place In Line

 

I'm living in this line

I know my place, could think of no way

Of edging along in a loser's race

The line was moving slowly

Day by night

Everybody's shuffling on to keep a place in the line

Nine long years I've been in line

Getting nowhere there is no reason

For this line I don't care.

Everybody's standing in the burning sun

Everybody's shuffling on keeping a place in the line

Don't you think we're gonna make it

We've got a place in line

We're gonna make it some time

Somehow

 

Our Lady

 

Thinking out of line just to make the sun shine

Anyway I can be like you

Fighting with the truth

Trying to hide a fool in a fantasy

I'm dreaming, lay me down and take me now

Our Lady of the skies

Hiding in the sun like a loaded gun reality

Aiming high at my dream

But I can get along

She makes me strong, anyway

I'm dreaming and there is no other way

Our Lady of the skies

Flying in the sky with a bunch of high fidelity

I can hear your song

Offer me a ring just to show me your sincerity

I'm dreaming, let me go

Our Lady of the skies

 

Burn

Album released 1974

 

Burn

(Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)

The sky is red, I don't understand,

past midnight I still see the land.

People are sayin' the woman is damned,

she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.

The city's a blaze, the town's on fire.

The woman's flames are reaching higher.

We were fools, we called her liar.

All I hear is "Burn!"

I didn't believe she was devil's sperm.

She said, "Curse you all, you'll never learn!

When I leave there's no return."

The people laughed till she said, "Burn!"

Warning came, no one cared.

Earth was shakin', we stood and stared.

When it came no one was spared.

Still I hear "Burn!"

You know we had no time,

we could not even try.

You know we had no time.

You know we had no time,

we could not even try.

You know we had no time.

The sky is red, I don't understand,

past midnight I still see the land.

People are sayin' the woman is damned,

she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.

Warning came, no one cared.

Earth was shakin, we stood and stared.

When it came no one was spared.

Still I hear "Burn!"

 

Might Just Take Your Life

(Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)

 

I got more than I asked for,

there ain't nothin' I need.

I took all till I had more,

I'm always takin' the lead.

Old man shakin' dice down on the street,

try'n  to make a livin' somehow

but I'm really sure about gettin' things sorted out

and I'm gettin' ready right now.

You can't hold me,

I have told you.

Might just take your life,

might just take your life.

I've been called by many names

and all of them are bad.

I can take it all the same,

it's all I've ever had.

I've got somethin' that you can't get

but one thing you can see:

gettin' there ain't easy

but it sure was hard for me.

You can't hold me,

I have told you.

Might just take your life,

might just take your life.

Every time I take a look

there's someone close behind.

They never used to make a pass,

the things that crossed their minds.

Now they tell me that it's all right

and they want to be my friend.

They're ridin' on my back.

When is it goin' to end?

You can't hold me,

I have told you.

Might just take your life,

might just take your life,

might just take your life.

Got more than I asked for,

got more than I need.

Got more than I asked for,

got more than I need.

Got more than I asked for,

got more than I need.

 

Lay Down Stay Down

(Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)

 

I don't care if my lady's gone

as long as you give me just what I want.

I've been losin' my direction,

got to find a new connection.

You have wasted the love I tasted,

now I'm really gettin' hungry more and more.

Been a long time, had a bad sign.

Tell me what am I fighting for?

Let me know you feel it,

you know I really need it.

Keep on pushin' for more,

lay down, stay down.

I got something to find,

there's one thing I really need.

I'm gonna tell you right now,

lay down, stay down.

Lookin' for trouble, I guess that's right.

When I was young I was taught to fight.

It's been long gone since I had known,

now I'm headin' for some more.

Let me know you feel it,

you know I really need it.

Keep on pushin' for more,

Lay down, stay down.

I got something to find,

there's one thing I really need.

I'm gonna tell you right now,

lay down, stay down.

Let me know you feel it,

you know I really need it.

Keep on pushin' for more,

lay down, stay down.

I got something to find,

there's one thing I really need.

I'm gonna tell you right now,

lay down, stay down.

 

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

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

Sail away tomorrow,

sailin' far away.

To find it steal or borrow.

But I'll be there someday

Sail away tomorrow,

sailin' far away.

To find it steal or borrow.

But I'll be there someday

 

You Fool No One

(Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)

 

You fool no one, waiting to see if I'm gone.

So hard to see you are taking your chances with me.

If I find you with some other man

you know what I'm gonna do.

Better run if you see me comin', ah.

Soon you will fall, making mistakes like before.

When you tell me lies I can see by the look in your eyes.

If you think you're gonna take me for granted,

chasin'  round with all you see,

gonna make you live to regret it, ah.

You fool no one, waiting to see if I'm gone.

So clear to see you've had all your chances with me.

You thought that you could take me for granted

but I couldn't take it no more.

Better run when you see me comin, ah.

 

What's Goin' on Here?

Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)

 

Roll me over slowly, I've been drinkin' all night,

help me make a move, I can't stand the light.

Wake me, shake me, don't slam the door.

I ain't been so bad, I just can't recall.

Spent the night chasin' up a listed old flame,

lyin' on the floor I can't remember her name.

I can't stay here, there's something wrong here.

What's goin onhere?

Went downtown, had a long way to go.

How I got there, well, I don't know.

Found myself sittin' in a west side bar,

tried to leave but I could not go far.

High class woman try'n  to give me a line,

should have left early when I felt so fine.

I can't stay here, there's something wrong here.

What's goin' on here?

When they closed up the bar, you know, they left me for dead.

I can't remember a thing I said.

Must have called the police to take me away.

They said, "Forty days", now I've got to pay.

Spent the night chasin' up a listed old flame,

lyin' on the floor I can't remember my name.

I can't get together while they're messin' with me,

keep on lookin'  round, tell me where can I be.

I can't stay here, there's something wrong here.

What's goin' on here?

 

Mistreated

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

 

I've been mistreated, I've been abused.

I've been struck downhearted, baby, I've been confused

'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated.

Since my baby left me I've been losing my mind, you know I have.

I've been lonely, I've been cold.

I've been looking for a woman to have and hold

'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated.

Since my baby left me I've been losing, I've been losing,

I've been losing my mind, baby baby babe.

I've been mistreated, I've been abused.

I've been looking for a woman, yeh, I've been confused

'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated, ooh o-o-oh.

Since my baby left me I've been losing, losing,

I've been losing my mind, baby baby babe.

Oh oh oh, oh woman, oh woman, oh woman.

I've been losing my mind.

 

"A" 200

(Blackmore/Lord/Paice)

(Instrumental)

 


Stormbringer

Album released 1974

 

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

 

Love Don't Mean a Thing

(Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)

 

If I work hard every day

For my money

If I work my finger down to the bone

That ain't funny

Now if I see

Something I can't buy

I put a dollar down

Then I try try try

To get my money

I need my money

A woman who ain't got a dime

I can't use her no

If she ain't got no cash money

I've got to refuse her

I need a woman

With a whole lotta will

So she help me, baby

Help me pay my bill

I need my money

I've got to have money

I need lovin' to give me a livin'

So don't ask me I don't need forgivin'

I will stand up to count the cost

But I know I won't stand the loss

I need a woman

With a whole lotta will

She can help me pay my bill

I need my money

I want my money

Before I say my prayers

I count my money

When I wake up

It has to be there

My money

You see, love--it don't mean a thing

When she loves you

She can't bring, can't bring you no money

I've got to have my money

Lookin' for lovin'

I need a livin'

 

Holy Man

(Coverdale/Hughes/Lord)

 

Called to Madonna

To give me a line

She said boy what have you done

Passing your time with a holy man

Talking about the moon and sun

But I can't tell the difference

Between the fool and wise

Show me a river to follow

Away from all these lies

I've been on my own so long

Won't you lend me your hand

I've been picking up my bones too long

Won't you understand

Called to the captain

To put me ashore

For it looked like no man's land

Is this the way to follow

I cried as I shook his hand

He told me had no answer

He didn't really hold the key

I am a simple man

Was all he said to me

I've been on my own so long

Won't you lend me a hand

I've been out in the cold too long

Won't you understand

I've been on the road so long

Won't you lend me your hand

I've been out in the cold too long

Won't you understand

Heard my mother crying

She was calling out my name

Whisper in the dark night

Saying who's to blame

The hour glass keeps turning

With not enought sand to see

I am a holy man

So don't you bother me

I've been on my own so long

Won't you lend me your hand

I've been pickin' up my bones too long

Won't you understand

I've been on my own so long

Won't you lend me your hand

I've been out in the cold too long

Won't you understand?

 

Hold On

Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice

 

You're sweeter than the morning

When the sun is shining down on me

There is nothing you can say

That could make me go away you see

But you keep saying to me baby

Hold on--I feel I'm getting ready

Hold on--I feel I'm rockin' steady

Hold on--I'm gonna make it with you woman

Hold on--You got to gimme some love, gimme some love

I held back before

But your love took me easily

You got the power

I knew was gonna creep up on me

The more I give

Your love keeps comin' on strong

Although it's mine now

I know it won't be for long

There's something in the saying

That a woman needs a little more time

I'm getting tired of waiting for you

Giving me some kind of sign

Hold on--I've got to love you when I want to

Hold on--You've got to love me when I want you to

Hold on--I ain't gonna let you leave me baby

Hold on--No never no more

I know the game you're playing

And I guess you think I'm easily led

You think the words you're saying

Are really going through my head

I'm gonna take you home

And give you all I can

I'll prove to you, baby

That really I'm a man

Hold on--I know I'm feeling ready

Hold on--I know I'm rockin' steady

Hold on--Guess I've made it with you woman

Hold on--I've got you giving me love

Something that you give me

Keeps me hangin' on

No use me stayin'

There's nothing to be done

I'm gonna take you home

And give you all I can

I'll prove to you woman

That really I'm a man

Hold on--I only want to take you higher

Hold on--You are the root of my desire

Hold on--C'mon baby light my fire

Hold on

 

Lady Double Dealer

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

 

Get outta my way

I'm gettin' tired of you

There ain't no chance

Doin' what you wanna do

I've been down down down down down

Got to get my feet back on the ground

Lady double dealer

Get outta my way

Lady double dealer

You got nothing to say

I ain't satisfied

Dealin' with second hand goods

You wanted somethin' for nothin'

Taking everything you could

You been 'round--I got the news

But you ain't waitin' 'round for me to lose

Lady double dealer

Get outta my way

Lady double dealer

You got nothing to say

I gave love to you

Did what you wanted me to

But all you did was bring me down

So I just had to try

Try to reason why

You took advantage of my love

Two timin' woman

Tryin' to take me for a ride

You're a hard lover honey

But you sure don't keep me satisfied

I wanna be there

To try to make you see

There ain't no woman gonna make a fool outta me

 

You Can't Do It Right (With the One you Love)

(Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes)

 

Have you ever thought of the feeling

I get when I'm alone with you

It's causing me worry and trouble

I'm going 'round in circles

Don't know what I'm gonna do

You can't do it right

With the one you love

Nothing you can do

Without the one you love

You were always playing my records

When I was after making some love

But I need more than the music

To keep myself together

Although it makes me feel so good

You can't do it right

With the one you love

Nothing you can do

Without the one you love

Sometimes in the morning

I wake up without you

Can't get up, it's getting me down

Tell me what you're trying to do

Later in the evening

You come home feeling low

If you'd stop your cruising

Maybe we could make a show

You can't do it right

With the one you love

Nothing you can do

Without the one you love

 

High Ball Shooter

(Blackmore/Coverdale/Hughes/Lord/Paice)

 

Well I'm a rock and roll preacher

Not a Sunday school teacher

You ain't no shady lady

But I love the way you strut your stuff

You're a snow queen looking mean

Tryin' to make it on the scene

I guess you love it

'Cause I always see you hanging' around

You're a high ball shooter

You make it easy to see

High ball shooter

You sure ripped the low ones off me

A magnet brought you to me

Told me your name was Jo

You said you liked my music

And you really did enjoy the show

Now I wanna play piano

But my fingers don't agree

They're busy on you woman

And I feel your fingers workin' on me

You're a high ball shooter

You make it easy to see

High ball shooter

You sure ripped the low ones off me

It's time to leave you honey