B.B. KING: One Kind Favor (2008)

1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
2. I Get So Weary
3. Get These Blues Off Me
4. How Many More Years
5. Waiting For Your Call
6. My Love Is Down
7. The World Is Gone Wrong
8. Blues Before Sunrise
9. Midnight Blues
10. Backwater Blues
11. Sitting On Top Of The World
12. Tomorrow Night

SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN
Well, there's one kind favor I'll ask of you
One kind favor I'll ask of you
Oh, there's one kind favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean

There's two white horses in a line
Two white horses in a line
Two white horses in a line
Gonna take me to my burying ground

Well, my heart stopped beating my hands are cold
Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands are cold
Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands are cold
I believe just what the Bible told

Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Then you know that the poor boy's in the ground

Dig my grave with a silver spade
Well, you dig my grave with a silver spade
Dig my grave with a silver spade
Let me down the golden chain

Have you ever heard the church bell tone?
Ever heard the church bell tone?
Did you ever hear a church bell tone?
Then you know that the poor boy's dead and gone

I feel so good

One kind favor I'll ask of you
One kind favor I'll ask of you
It's one kind favor I'll ask of you

Please see that my grave is kept clean

I GET SO WEARY
I get so weary every time the sun goes down
I get so weary in the evening when the sun goes down
I get so lonesome when my baby's not around

When I go to bed at night, and the birds began to call
When I go to bed at night, and the birds began to call
I am here so sad and lonely for my baby and that ain't all

When I get up in the morning just before the break of day
Oh, I get up in the morning just before the break of day

Thinking about my baby but I know she's on her way

GET THESE BLUES OFF ME
Baby, please don't be angry with me
Honey, because I'm goin' away
Oh, please don't be angry with me, baby
Because I'm goin' away
I told you all about your mistakes, baby
But you didn't hear a word, not a word I said

I'm tired, so tired of worryin'
Baby, I don't know just what to do
Hey, I'm tired, I'm so tired of worryin' now
I don't know just what to do
Oh, I'm sorry for you, baby
But you know I just, I just can't put up with you

Oh, I tried to please you, baby
But you know you just weren't satisfied with me
Oh, I tried, fell hard to please you
But baby, you weren't satisfied with me
I'm gonna let you go now, baby
'Cause now you know, you just want to be free

Go ahead now

HOW MANY MORE YEARS
How many more years, have I got to let you dog me around
How many more years, baby, hos many more years have I got to let you dog me around
I'd rather be dead, sleeping six feet in the ground

I'm gonna fall on my knees, I'm gonna raise up my right hand
I'm gonna fall on my knees, baby, I'm gonna raise up my right hand
I'd feel so much better, if you'd just only understand

I'm going upstairs, I'm gonna bring down all of my clothes
I'm going upstairs, I'm gonna bring down all of my clothes

If anybody ask about me, just tell'em yes I do

WAITING FOR YOUR CALL
No many hearts you have broken
No many how many tears you've made fall
I still love you
Baby, i'm waiting for your call

No many how many times you haved left me
And you said you never really cared
I still love you
I'm just waiting for your call

Remember, dear, the first time you left me
I couldn't said a thing to make you stay
But believe me dear, i never talk about it
I just pray, pray you come back home, home to me one day

No matter how long I hung outside
No matter how many times I've been dropped
Baby I still love you
And I'm just waiting, baby I'm waiting for your call

Remember dear the first time you left me
I couln't say a thing to make you stay
But believe me dear, i never talk about it
I just pray that you, I pray that you come home, come home one day

No matter how long, how long I hung outside
No many times I've been dropped
Baby I still love you
And I'm waiting, I'm waiting for your call
I’m waiting, baby I’m waiting

I’m waiting, I’m waiting for your call

MY LOVE IS DOWN
Don't you understand me, baby?
There'll never be no one else but you
Can't you understand me, baby?
There'll never be no other one but you
I loved you then and I love you now, baby
And no one else will ever do

Every time the sun goes down, baby
My love, my love comes down for you
Every time it rain, baby
My love it comes down for you
There ain't no other woman, baby
That can understand me the way you do

If you would only listen to me, baby
We would still be together today
If you would only, only listen to me, baby
We would still be together today
But instead of listening to me
You listen to everything other people have to say

Baby, please come home
There's nobody in your place
Aye baby, please come home
There's nobody in your place
Home is no home to me, baby
Without looking in your smiling face

Oh, I love you so much, baby
My love for you will never die
I love you, I love you, I love you so much, baby
My love for you will never die
And when it began raining, baby

My love is down like a five-cent mope

THE WORLD IS GONE WRONG
Strange things have happened,
Like never happened before.
My baby told me
I would have to go.
I can't be good no more,
Like I once did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,
Honey, because the world is goin' wrong.

Feel bad this morning,
Ain't got no home.
No use to worry,
'Cause the whole world is goin' wrong,
I can't be good no more,
Once like I did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,
Honey, because the world is goin' wrong.

I told you, baby,
Right to your head,
If I didn't leave you
I would have to kill you dead.
I can't be good no more,
Once like I did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,
Honey, because the world is goin' wrong.

If you have a woman
And she wont be kind,
Praise to the Good Lord
To get her out of your mind.
I can't be good no more,
Once like I did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,
'Cause the world is goin' wrong.

When you've been good,
You can't do no more,
Just tell her kindly,
"There's the front door."
I can't be good no more,
Once like I did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,
Honey, 'cause the world is goin' wrong.

Pack up my suitcase,
And give me my hat,
I ain't no need to ask you, darling
I ain't comming back.
I can't be good no more,
Honey, like I once did before.
I can't be good no more, baby,

Honey, 'cause the world is goin' wrong

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
I have the blues before sunrise
With tears standin' in my eyes
I have the blues before sunrise
Tears standin' in my eyes
It's such a miserable feelin'
A feelin' I do despise

Seems like everybody
Everybody's down on me
Seems like everybody
Everybody's down on me
I am gonna cast my problems
Down in the deep blue sea

Oh, today's been
Such a long lonesome day
Today's been, day's been
Such a long lonesome day
I've been just sittin' here thinkin'
With my mind a million miles away

The blue starts rollin'
And they stopped in the front of my door
Blues are rollin'
And they stopped at my front door
I'm gonna change my way of livin'

And I ain't gonna worry no more, no more

MIDNIGHT BLUES
Well, the clock is strikin' twelve
Baby, somebody's gotta go
I said the clock is strikin' twelve
Baby, somebody's gotta go
Gee, but I know I'm gonna miss you, honey
That's one thing I know

When it's twelve o'clock in Memphis
It's one o'clock in San Antone
Twelve o'clock in Memphis, baby
One o'clock in San Antone
When it's midnight in California
Oh, I'll be so all alone

If midnight is an awful hour
Baby, why does it come so soon?
Midnight is an awful hour
Baby, why does it come so soon?
It never brings me happiness
Always leave me filled with gloom

Don't ever gamble, buddy
Unless you're sure that you can't lose
Hey, don't ever gamble, buddy
Unless you're sure that you can't lose
You better take my advice

Unless you want those midnight blues

BACKWATER BLUES
It rained five days
The sky has turned black as night
Oh, it rained five days
And the sky has turned black as night
And there's trouble takin' place
Way down in the lowlands tonight

I woke up this mornin'
And I couldn't get out of my front door
I woke up this mornin'
And I couldn't get out of my front door
It was so much trouble
Make a poor man wonder where he wanna go

They rowed a little boat
About five miles 'cross the pond
They rowed a little boat
About five miles 'cross the pond
I packed up all of my things and threw 'em in
Boys and the boat rowed along

I climbed up on the high lonely hill
Oh, I climbed up on the high oh, lonely hill
And I looked down at the house
Baby, where I used to live

Backwater blues
caused me to pack my things and go
The backwater blues
caused me to pack my things and go
'Cause my house fell down
And I can't live there no more

Yeah, when it's thunderin' and lightnin'
And the rain begin to pour
When it's thunderin' and lightnin'
And the wind begin to blow
There are so many poor people

That didn't have no place to go

SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Work all the summer and all the fall
Just trying to find my little Lenore
But now she's gone, and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world

One summer day when she went away
Just when she left me, she's gone to stay
But now she's gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world

There was days when I didn't know your name
Why should I worry and prayer in vain
But now she's gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world, alright

wENT to the station, down in the yard
Gonna get me a freight train, worked and got to home
Now she's gone and I don't worry
Because I'm sitting on top of the world

The lonesome days they have gone by
Why should I beg now when she's saying goodbye?
But now she's gone and I don't worry

'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world

TOMORROW NIGHT
Tomorrow night, will you remember what you said tonight?
Tomorrow night, will all the thrill be gone?
Tomorrow night, will this be just another memory?
Or just another lovely song to linger in my heart, to linger on?

Your lips are so tender, your heart is beating fast
And you willingly, willingly surrender, tell me darling, will it last?
Tomorrow night, will you be with me when the moon is bright?
Tomorrow night will you say those lovely things you said tonight?

Your lips are so tender, your heart, your heart is beating fast
And you willingly, willingly surrender, tell me darling, will it last?

Tomorrow night, will you, will you be with me when the moon is bright?

Tomorrow night will you say the lovely things, all the lovely things you said tonight?

B.B. KING & FRIENDS: 80 (2005)

1. Early In The Morning
2. Tired Of Your Jive
3. The Thrill Is Gone
4. Need Your Love So Bad
5. Ain't Nobody Home
6. Hummingbird
7. All Over Again
8. Drivin' Wheel
9. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
11. Funny How Time Slips Away
12. Rock This House

EARLY IN THE MORNING
It's early in the morning and I can't get right
'Cause I had a little date with my baby last night

Now it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

I went to all the places where we used to go
I went to her house but she don't live there no more

And it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues
I went to her girlfriend? house, but she was out
I knocked on her door and her mother started to shout
"Get away from here!"

Too early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

Went to Jenny Lou's to get something to eat
The waitress looked at me, she said, "B., you sure look beat"
It's early in the morning, baby
Early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

Had a lot of money when I first started out
I couldn't find my baby, now my money's run out

Now it's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
It's early in the morning
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues

It's early in the morning

I ain't got nothin' but the blues

TIRED OF YOUR JIVE
You're sittin' there lookin' proud
Thinkin' you're so fine
Tryin' to run around
With every friend of mine
Think you're so smart baby
Think that I'm a fool
Yeah, I'm gonna tell you baby
You'd better play it cool

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby I'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey I'm tired of your jive

You think that I don't see
What you do behind my back
You think I outta love you baby
No matter how you act
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world goes dry
I'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Yeah baby I'm tired of your jive
I refuse to be your fool mama
Hey I'm tired of your jive

Sittin' there smilin'
Like nothing's wrong
I don't intend to pull your coat baby
You'll know it when I'm gone
You'll never miss your water baby
Till the world runs goes dry
Now I'm gonna tell you
Gonna miss me, bye and bye

I'm tired of your jive
Baby I'm tired of your jive
Yes, I'm here to tell you woman

Baby I'm tired of your jive

THE THRILL IS GONE
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday

The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be

The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should

You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over

All I can do is wish you well

NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD
Need someone's hand to lead me through the night
I need someone's arms to hold and squeeze me tight
Now, when the night begins, whoa, I'm at an end
Because I need your love so bad

I need some lips to feel next to mine
Need someone to stand up - to stand up and tell me when I'm lyin'
And when the lights are low - and it's time to go
That's when I need your love so bad

So why don't you give it up, baby and bring it home to me
Or write it on a piece of paper, woman - so it can be read to me
Tell me that you love me - and stop drivin' me mad
Whoa, because I - I need your love so bad

Need a soft voice - just to talk to me at night
Don't want you to worry, baby
I know we can make everything alright
Listen to my plea, baby, come on bring it to me
'Cause I need - your love so bad
Baby, I need, I need - woman, I need your love so bad

AIN'T NOBODY HOME
Once upon a time, a long long time ago, wherever you'd lead me, I would surely follow
Girl, you put me through some pain and misery
And now you are standing on my doorstep, telling me how much you need me
Baby, ain't nobody home (nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (nobody's home)

How many times I begged for you to come home, but you laughed at me and said let me
Alone
Through my falling tears I saw you walk away
And now you're beggin' me to forgive you, but this time, baby, it's your turn to beg
Baby, ain't nobody home (nobody's home)
Ain't nobody home (nobody's home)

Girl, I used to love you, placed no one else above you
Gave you everything that I own
Girl, you can't come back here
Ain't nobody home (nobody's home)

Once upon a time, when you went on your way
But, girl, I hoped and prayed, that you'd come back some day
But time has made some changes, turned me upside down
So, you can beg me to forgive you, but this time, baby, you can turn right around

Ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home
Girl, you hurt me once (ain't nobody home)

I hear you knockin' (ain't nobody home)

HUMMINGBIRD
Sometimes I get impatient
But she cools me without words
And she comes so sweet and so plain
My hummingbird and have you heard
That I thought my life had ended
But I find that it's just begun
Cause she gets me where I live
I'll give all I have to give
I'm talking about that hummingbird
Oh she's little and she loves me
Too much for words to say
When I see her in the morning sleeping
She's little and she loves me
To my lucky day
Hummingbird don't fly away

When I'm feeling wild and lonesome
She knows the words to say
And she gives me a little understanding
In her special way
And I just have to say
In my life I loved a woman
Because she's more than I deserve
And she gets me where I live
I'll give all I have to give
I'm talking about that hummingbird
Oh she's little and she loves me
Too much for words to say
When I see her in the morning sleeping
She's little and she loves me
To my lucky day
Hummingbird don't fly away

ALL OVER AGAIN
I've got a good mind to give up living, and go shopping instead
I say, I've got a good mind to give up living, and go shopping instead
To pick up me a tombstone, and be pronounced dead

When I read your letter this morning, that was in your place in bed
I read your letter this morning, that was in your place in bed
That's when I decided, that I would be better off dead

It read, there is no use you looking, or ever hoping to get me back
Oh, there's no use you looking, or ever hoping to get me back
Yes, because it's all over now, and you can bet on that

DRIVIN' WHEEL
Well, my baby don't have to work
And she don't have to rob and steal
Well, my baby don't have to work
And she don't have to rob and steal
Yes, I'll give her everything she needs
'Cause I am her driving wheel

Yes, she left me this morning
And she said she'd be back soon
Yes, she left me this morning
And she said she'd be back soon
Yes, she would be back early Friday mornin'
Or laid over Saturday afternoon

Yes, every time she walk
She shakes like a leaf tremblin' on a tree
Yes, when my baby walk down the street
She shakes like a leaf tremblin' on a tree
Yes, the women all hate her
But man, she's alright with me

Wo, I sent the U.N. a telegram
Don't want nobody else to break the seal
Wo, I sent the U.N. a telegram
Don't want nobody else to break the seal
I want the whole world to know

That I am my baby's driving wheel

THERE MUST BE A BETTER WORLD SOMEWHERE
Sometimes I wonder, just what am I fighting for?
I win some battles, but I always lose the war
I keep right on stumblin' in this no-man's land out here
But I know, mmm yes, I know
There must be a better world somewhere

Flying high, some joker clips my wings
Just because he gets a kick out of doing those kind of things
I keep on fallin' in space or just hangin' in mid-air
But I know, oh yes I know
There has just got to be a better world somewhere

Every woman I want only wants herself
Everybody I love, seems to love somebody else
And every woman got a license to break my heart
And every love affair is over, over before it gets a chance to start, yeah

If it ain't dead, maybe in the year after
Instead of tears, I'll learn all about laughter
But meanwhile I'm stuck out here
It just ain't fair, but I know, I said I know, oh yes I know
There must be a better world somewhere

There's just gotta be, gotta be a better world somewhere

NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON
Three days of snow in Birmingham
Thought you would wonder where I am
Rang our number all night long
It's no comfort on the telephone
Ran out and caught a midnight flight
Thought a little love would make everything all right
The landlord said, "You moved away"
And left me all your bills to pay"
Look out baby, you might have made your move too soon

Left me with a Keno card
This life in Vegas sure ain't hard
I ran it up to about fifty grand
Cashed it in and held it in my hand
That kind of word can get around
And make a lost love come up found
I hear you knocking baby at my door
But you know you ain't living here no more
It's too bad
I think you made your move too soon

I've been from Spain to Tokyo
From Africa to Ohio
I never tried to make the news
I'm just a man who plays the blues
I take my lovin' everywhere
I came back, and they still care you know
One love ahead
One love behind
One in my arms and one on my mind
It's one thing baby
I never make my move too soon

I've been from Spain to Tokyo
From Africa to Ohio
I never tried to make the news
I'm just a man who plays the blues
I take my lovin' everywhere
I come back, you know they still all care
One love ahead and one behind
One in my arms you know, one on my mind
And it's one thing people

I never make my move too soon

FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY

Well hello there
My, it's been a long long time
How am I doin'
Oh well, I guess I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Ain't it funny how time slips away

How's your new love
I hope that he's doin' fine
Heard you told him, yes baby
That you'd love him till the end of time
Well you know, that's the same thing
That you told me
Well, it seems like just the other day
Ain't it funny how time slips away

Gotta go now
Guess I'll see you hanging round
Don't know when though
Never know when I'll be back in town
But I remember what I told you
That in time you're gonna pay

Well ain't it surprisin' how time slips away

Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away

ROCK THIS HOUSE
Why don't ya come on down,
let me tell ya what I got now
Baby please come on down,
let me tell ya what I got now
I got the house rockin' blues
everybody's been talkin' about

Gonna start after midnight
and rock it til the break of dawn
Gonna start after midnight
and rock it til the break of dawn
Ya don't have to be a saint
cuz your daddy don't do ya no harm

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house tonight

She's a tall lanky woman, man she's built for speed
She's a tall lanky woman, man she's built for speed
I'm crazy 'bout that woman,
cuz she's got just what I need

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house tonight

You can set up a table cuz that I think she'd like
You can set up a table cuz that I think she'd like
My baby's in town
you know we're gonna rock tonight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, rock this house tonight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, rock this house

We're gonna rock, rock this house tonight

DEEP PURPLE: Rapture Of The Deep (2005)

1. Money Talks
2. Girls Like That
3. Wrong Man
4. Rapture Of The Deep
5. Clearly Quite Absurd
6. Don’t Let Go
7. Back To Back
8. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
9. Junkyard Blues
10. Before Time Began
11. MTV
12. Things I Never Said

MONEY TALKS
I was young and healthy
Extremely wealthy
I swung in the trees
And did as I pleased
I thought I was rich
Oh yeah
Such sweet seduction
I could feel the suction
Greasing my palm
And doing no harm
Just making some deals
What a bitch

Money talks to me
Whispers in my ear
Gives me everything I want
Everything I want

I had rising stock
So I got more pockets
I knew somewhere to stick it
Where no-one would nick it
I kinda went private
And then, aha
Such sweet seclusion
No more intrusion
Too much food on my plate
But there's guards at the gate
Such joy
I could almost die of it

Money talks to me
Lays it on the line
Gives me everything I want
Everything I want

Money goes to money
Yes it always returns
Finds its way back to the big house
Where it lives all alone
Wraithlike silent partners
Operators of the system
Give words of quiet assurance
To an otherwise healthy victim

It's all coming back to me
I would swing in the trees
And I'd swim in the ocean
I used to show some emotion

I was not to blame
I feel no shame
The structure was shaking
Was there for the taking
I had the resources
But then, oh no
Someone outbid me
I can't take it with me?
Then I will devour it
I can't go without it
It's simply a question of
Market forces

Money talks to me
Whispers in my ear
Gives me everything I want
Everything I want
Money talks to me
Laughs right in my face
Gives me everything I want
Everything I want

GIRLS LIKE THAT
I'm in a bad spot babe
I can't hear what you say
I'd love to stop and talk
You keep fading away
Just the way she said it
Something in her tone
Always so convincing
But she's good on the phone
I'll wait until she's ready
That could be a while
She always takes her time
Then she turns up in style
Something not right
Didn't recognise the car
Women being what they are

There is no sense of reason
In a reasonable world
Makes any sense at all
To a reasonable girl
She said you know what I mean
But I couldn't understand
Didn't know what she said
I'm a reasonable man
It wasn't meant that way
I was only having fun
She looked me in the eye
But the damage was done
I got the vague impression
She was under my thumb
I looked the other way
And I had to succumb

Girls like that
I want girls like that
Girls like that
I like girls like that

Girls like that

I want girls like that

Girls like that

I like girls like that

WRONG MAN
I wasn't in the room when the action was going down
I may have been there once but at the time I was out of town
I'm seeing strange fruit, they're saving off with his head
One way or another I'll end up dead

You got the wrong man
You don't understand
You got the wrong man
You got the wrong man
I do what I can

I plead not guilty to the charges you've laid out on your desk
l know what you're thinking "Oh yes - this is a DSF"'
I think I'm prime ministerial material but I can't lie to you
So I'm out of the running
But from here in my cell I imagine
Wouldn't that be something

You got the wrong man
You don't understand
You got the wrong man
You got the wrong man

I do what I can

You got the wrong man

You don't understand

You got the wrong man

You got the wrong man
I do what I can

You got the wrong man...

RAPTURE OF THE DEEP
I told you once about a place that I had accidentally stumbled upon
Can you imagine how it feels to find somewhere that you can do no wrong
But it's alright you're safe in my hands

I'll meet you in the sky tonight and we will trace some undiscovered stars
We'll go beyond the universe beyond all understanding, hey, it's not that far
But it's all right I feel safe in your hands

I can't stand living this way
Getting by from day to day
I'm drinking from your loving cup
I told you things were looking up
Oh oh oh so good
Oh it feels so good

We're all the same but then again we're all quite different in our own peculiar ways
We've come so far and now we're going through another phase
But it's alright
We made it so far

I can't stand living this way
Getting by from day to day
I'm drinking from your loving cup
Told you things were looking up

As we all know it's hard to breathe when something spiritual has taken place
We don't know why we don't know how we've been transformed into a state of grace
But it's alright
We walk in our sleep
Yes it's alright

This is rapture of the deep

CLEARLY QUITE ABSURD
After all we said today
The strangest thought occurred
I feel I ought to tell you
But it's clearly quite absurd
Wouldn't it be wonderful
If you could read my mind
Imagine all the stuff
That we could leave behind
How many words you waste
Before you're understood
Or simply sow some seeds
You'd do it if you could
Let me take a moment
Of your time
Inside you mind

I know what you're thinking
But I don't know what to say
The turmoil and the conflict
You don't have to feel that way
Look into my eyes
And feel my hand upon your heart
Holding us together
Not tearing us apart
How many words we waste
To justify a crime
Compare it to an act of love
That really takes no time
Why not take a moment
Of your time
Inside your mind

DON’T LET GO
I get lost on a regular basis
I'm not alone, I see the same old faces
Back on the road it's a worthy opponent
I get home in the heat of the moment

What's that stuff always rise to the surface
College cream, it always emerges
Be what you are I tell myself
And myself tells me we can't be anybody else

You always sleep with a smile on your face
Much as I want to put myself in your place
Not my business, I've got dreams of my own
I try to recall but when I wake up it's gone

Don't let go of that image
You'll never see it again

I can hear voices they're buzzing in my head
Eyebrows raised, was it something I said
A long hot night, it crept in like a thief
The engine stopped, the seatbelt popped
And her jaw dropped in disbelief

Don't let go of that beast
You'll never see it again

Don't let go of that whisky bottle
You'll never see it again

BACK TO BACK
I read in the news
That the average man
Is uplifted five times a day
I’m confused I have to confess
My feeling never goes away
I know it’s right
They asked the average man
In a survey across the nation
I can’t understand the average man
Keeps losing his concentration

Oh you gotta use it
Oh you gonna lose it

I’m just begun
When you’re all done
I see you running down the road
Can’t hear a thing
My mind is blasted
And my head is about to explode
Feeling the pain
Just more of the same
As we're rolling through the night
Going so fast
We’re sure to hit the next town
Before the last one’s out of sight

Oh you gotta use it
Oh you gonna lose it

Back to back
One on one
Shake it up
Move it on
Back to back
One on one
Turn it up

Hold it down

KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE
I threw a rock in the lake and it sank to the bottom
The waves spread out but the rock got forgotten
The ripples came back just as we feared
Looking for the rock but the hole disappeared
It’s somewhere in the middle some way down
The last guy that went looking almost certainly drowned

He ran out of time
He can kiss tomorrow goodbye

Yes I piss in the water and burn down the trees
I watch as the creatures fall to their knees
They ain’t got a clue as disaster looms
They’re too busy choking on toxic fumes
They got no hope and there’s no point running
No matter what they do I keep on coming

They ran out of time
They can kiss tomorrow goodbye

I did a bad thing
I did a bad thing
I did a bad thing
I did a bad thing

Well hallelujah and holy mackerel
All we got left is a thief and a jackal
The writing is big and it’s there on the wall
Oh how the mighty empires fall
There’s nothing to fix it’s much too late
Sit down and prepare to meet your fate

You have ran out of time

Kiss tomorrow goodbye

JUNKYARD BLUES
Broken down relations, beaten up guitars
Making one last appearance in a heap of old cars
Brambles and weeds flourishing amongst
Lines of empty bottles and rambling drunks

Junkyard blues sounds familiar
I’m never alone
Always remind me of home

Once of a dozen covered with stains
Blistered and stinking was all that remained
Cannibalised machines, mysterious bones
Unwanted contents of anonymous homes

Those junkyard blues sounds familiar
Take me back
Always remind me of home

Mangy old dog scratching in the dust
Burned out Mercedes surrendering to rust
All this stuff was good for something
But here it is now, good for nothing

Junkyard blues sounds familiar
I’m never alone

Always remind me of home

BEFORE TIME BEGAN
The daylight fades and the stars comes out
But there’s never much to talk about
Another day goes rushing by and here we are just wondering why
We have to belong with a sense of purpose
That’s all we need, without them we’re worthless
Ah, we’ve come so far, hmm, but then again
All we see is more of the same
It’s getting crowded here we agree no doubt
Oh dear brother what’s it all about?

Hey you over there, why don’t you throw down your spear?
We all need some help right now
Where are we going from here?
The way things are working out
It won’t be too long before we have to move
Better start thinking about it while there’s still time to choose

Every day of my life I discover
Someone murdering my sisters and brothers
In the name of some god or another
What do you know?

For the first precious few it’s time to go
What might have been we’ll never know
All those bad ideas became the law
Oh yes, we’ve forgotten what we’re looking for
All of you angels, it’s time to gather your wings
Leave it all behind you won’t need any of those things
We’re going on through the darkness hand in hand
To step into the future
Before time began

And for those who remain with your chosen gods

May your prayers be answered

MTV
I was driving through the night
Into an endless tunnel of fog
When it dawned on me something was wrong
I was in a trance, hypnotised
Bored beyond belief
I was listening to the same old song
I know every lick, every word
Every nuance
I'm on first name terms with the crew
But I'd better get used to this poop du jour
Sure as hell they won't play anything new

Oh yes I love you really
Classic Rock Radio
Oh my dear it's time for bed
Time for you to go
Everyone is asleep

The pirates took to water, stole the charts
But sadly that didn't go down well with those upstairs
Who require loyalty
The establishment considered
That the uncontrolled appreciation of music
Was a danger to royalty
The mighty empire roared
As Cash 'n' Everett on the high seas
Looked like they'd get blown out of the water
They did of course eventually come ashore
As meek as mice or to be more accurate
As lambs to the slaughter

Oh yes I love you really
I stand to attention
Oh Fanny, I love you dearly
Something else I should mention?
You sweet thing

Let's not talk about MTV
I don't even want to start
I want to take a look at Classic Rock Radio
We're talking about the state of the art

Mr Grover 'n' Mr Gillian
You musta made a million
The night that Frank Zappa caught on fire
Could you tell us all about it
Keep it short and use my version
Or everyone out there'll think I'm a liar
We can speak about Bananas for one second
Just because I understand
You have to get them off your chest
But in the meantime while your talking
Could you do some more of these here ID's
And then this station might maintain some interest

Oh yes I love you dearly
But why do you exist?
Oh yes I love you really

Is there something that I missed?

THINGS I NEVER SAID
Don't get me started, let's get it right
There's no use to talk about it deep into the night
Don't ask about secrets I could tell
I'm gonna keep them to myself

No bad decisions, no good advice
No time to think about it even once or twice
No second chances looking down the road
When there's the only way, only way to go

Oh it makes me wonder
What's going on inside my head
Well could it be the pressure that I'm under
Makes me forget the things I never said

I can't remember, I can't forget
Take it from me there's not a moment of regret
Since the day I learned to tie my shoes
I found it hard to spread the news

Oh it makes me wonder
What's going on inside my head
Well could it be the pressure that I'm under
Makes me forget the things I never said

It's hard to swallow, it's hard to take
When I think about it now my knees begin to shake
Never came to me to mention at the time
Tell the truth it never crossed my mind

Oh it makes me wonder
What's going on inside my head
Well could it be the pressure that I'm under
Makes me forget the things I never said

Oh it makes me wonder
What's going on inside my head
Could it be the pressure that I'm under

Makes me forget the things I never said

DEEP PURPLE: Bananas (2003)

1. House Of Pain
2. Sun Goes Down
3. Haunted
4. Razzle Dazzle
5. Silver Tongue
6. Walk On
7. Picture Of Innocence
8. I Got Your Number
9. Never A Word
10. Bananas
11. Doing It Tonight
12. Contact Lost

HOUSE OF PAIN
Have you ever had a woman that could make you crazy
Have you ever had a woman that could drive you mad
Have you ever had a woman give you so much trouble
And the best lovin' you ever had

My friends all say I'm losing it big time
But I know where I've got to go

I'm going back there again
I'm going back there again
I'm going back there again
Back to the house of pain

Have you ever had a rock that just keeps on rollin'
Have you ever seen a train comin' down the track
Have you ever jumped into the cold, cold river
And know there's no turning back

My friends all say I'm crazy, baby
But I know where I got to go

I'm going back there again
I'm going back there again
I'm going home
Back to the house of pain

Have you ever had a weight that was much too heavy
Have you ever had a burden that was yours alone
Have you ever spent a night when you kept on waiting
Staring at the telephone

My friends all say I'm crazy
But I know where I've got to go

I'm going back there again
I'm going back there again
I'm going back to my woman

Back to the house of pain

SUN GOES DOWN
Oh, you're all looking up with hearts of devotion
Through the dust and the heat lost to me in a cloud of emotion
I have no motivation to keep off this breathless pace
I'm more inclined to stay here in this breathing space

And the sun goes down
And the moon comes up

I never tried to walk the walk 'cos the steps are elusive
The membership is too costly and exclusive
Hey, the more I've got the more I stand to lose
So I'm gonna unpack my bags and take off my shoes

And the sun goes down
And the moon comes up

And the sun goes down

Sun goes down

Let me tell you there's no point knocking at the big oak door
Sun full up they can't take no more
The line's so long it's almost Disney
Ooh…somebody kiss me

And the sun goes down

And the moon comes up

And the sun goes down

Sun goes down

HAUNTED
I hear the beating of your wings
And you're playing on my strings
In mysterious ways
You draw me in
To a love
Beyond all understanding

Beyond my reach
So far away
But it seems like only yesterday

I'm Haunted
Haunted
Is that what you wanted

All that's left
Is the ghost of your smile
It stays awhile then fades away

I hear your footsteps on the ground
Tempting me to turn around
It's just the echo
Of a disenchanted lover
Shuffling aimlessly homeward bound

To empty rooms
And picture frames
And friends who can't recall our names

I'm haunted
Haunted
Is that what you wanted

All that's left
Is the ghost of your smile
It stays awhile then fades away

I'm Haunted

Haunted

Is that what you wanted

All that's left

Is the ghost of your smile

It stays awhile then fades away

I'm Haunted

Haunted

Is that what you wanted

All that's left

Is the ghost of your smile

It stays awhile then fades away

RAZZLE DAZZLE
I don't have the time of day
I don't know what day it is
Someone's falling on my head
Get up, get up
We're going out on the raz

Razzle dazzle
Call it what you want
To me it don't matter
It's where I belong
It's a matter of distinction
A real fine line
Between an orgy of destruction
And a wonderful time

This room's so cold and bare
There's nothing here for me
I've got to find some heat somewhere
Get up, get up
We're going out on the raz

Razzle dazzle
Call it what you want
It really doesn't matter
When I'm bangin' on a gong
While someone's holding out
To a willing congregation
And we can all forget about
The state of the nation

Can't hear a thing
But I see your lips are moving
I'm working on my thinking
And I think it is improving
I'm going to get the blame
So I might as well deliver
If only I can swim across
This weird human river

I know I started out
With the best of intentions
Some blinding inspiration
And a few not-to-mentions
And now I'm looking deep
Into the last dying embers
Shouting what are we doing here
And nobody remembers

I've lost a friend or two
I don't know where they have gone
Only one thing I can do
Get up, get up
I'm going out on the raz

Razzle dazzle
Call it what you want
To me it don't matter
It's where I belong
It's a matter of distinction
A real fine line
Between an orgy of destruction

And a wonderful time

Razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle

SILVER TONGUE
Well I'm standing here on moving station
All the world is travelling by
To strange outlandish destinations
There they go, I wonder why

I may be crazy
But I'm no stupid
I get along
I use my silver tongue

You know I can dream in any language
Flying on my magic bed
And I don't need to work my passage
All I do is use my head

I may be crazy
But I'm no stupid
Sometimes I ramble
The I'm lucid
I might seem lazy
But I'm hurting no-one
I get along
I use my silver tongue

I know exactly what you're thinking
But you don't know what's in my mind
You went too fast and now your sinking

Because you forgot to read the signs

I may be crazy
But I'm no stupid
Sometimes I ramble
The I'm lucid
I might seem lazy
But I'm hurting no-one
I get along

I use my silver tongue

WALK ON
If you don't like what you see
If you can do better than me
You better walk on

If the road before you winds
Obscuring al the signs
You better walk on

You mean more to me
Than just a pretty face
I wont hold you down
You need a little space

If you don't like what you see
If you can do better than me
You better walk on

You know I don't like to fight
No matter who's wrong or right
You better walk on

Better walk on

I don't mean to bring you down
If you prefer the other side of town
You better walk on

Better walk on

You've been troubled
Sleepin' through the night
Deal with it in the daytime
Then you can turn off the light

If you don't like what you see
If you can do better than me
You better walk on

Girl I tried
You know I tried
While I cried you lied

Oh, better walk on

Well heart inside me burns
And the world around me turns
You better walk on

You better walk on

It won't be right away
We'll meet again someday
You better walk on

You better walk on

When the shine wears off
And he's on to something new
Try not to think about
How good I was to you

If you don't like what you see
If you can do better than me

You better walk on

You better walk on

You better walk on

PICTURE OF INNOCENCE
I hear they're trying to make us all the same
It's mind control by any other name
Who's gonna pay the price
For this foolish paradise
Oh, Momma don't take that train

I hear it said we're headed too far south
Chinese whispers go by word of mouth
Rules for every size and shape
The nag has gone, shut the gate
Once you're in you're never getting out

I'm so misunderstood
There goes my manlihood
She's in my face again
With that picture of innocence

No drinks, No smokes
No dicking around
No dirty jokes
Straight lace, straight face
The old straight jacket
We got no hope

I hear they're gonna try out something new
I can feel it sticking to my shoe
So this is what tomorrow holds
Hopes and dreams are bought and sold
But still the world is misty green and blue

I'm so misunderstood
There goes my mannish boyhood
She's in my face again
With that picture of innocence

No drinks, No smokes
No dicking around
No dirty jokes
Straight lace, straight face
The old straight jacket

We got no hope

No deals, No strokes
No forbidden fruit
No holy smoke
What next, no sex
That's the end of the road
We got no hope

No drinks, No smokes
No dicking around
No dirty jokes
Straight lace, straight face
The old straight jacket
We got no hope
No deals, No strokes
No forbidden fruit
No holy smoke
What next, no sex
That's the end of the road

We got no hope

No drinks, No smokes
No dicking around
No dirty jokes
Straight lace, straight face
The old straight jacket

We got no hope

I GOT YOUR NUMBER
So many signs
So many ways
It's a living thing
No need to rush
The buzz will last for days

When you discover
I'm just a man
Take it girl
Or leave it
Don't be reading out the label on the can

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

I'll be your lover
I'll be your friend
I'll be your friend
And your brother in love
But that's where the story ends

If you say jump
I'll do it with affection
But don't get pissed
If I don't move
Too fast in your direction

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

It's that same old nonsense
That same old look
But now I'm turning back
And I can read you like a book
It all means nothing
Nothing at all
It's the same old business
Man it drives me up the wall

You made the potion too strong
I feel I'm going soft
I've been that way far too long
You see, now it's wearing off

So many times
So many days
It's a spiritual thing
That loving touch
I thought you'd be amazed

I like the distance
I like the space
The money's good
The rent is cheap
And I can read suspicion on your face

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

I got your number
I got your number
I got your number

NEVER A WORD
Never a word, a word so true
Passed between us, me and you
Heard you found your pot of gold
That's the story I've been told

Never a word was said in vain
Some were never said again
Some were lost in lovers' heat
Some lay fallen at our feet

All day all night
I think of you and only you
All day all night
I think of you and only you

Never a word escaped my lips
Silenced by your fingertips
I kept my word, can you believe
All this time so hard to breathe

Never a word so hard to breathe

BANANAS
I've got nothing to say today
I used my words up yesterday
I'm just lying here in the sun
Watching you guys having fun

Seven days and seven nights
Working till you get it right

Don't help me I'll help myself
I'll pull some crackers off the shelf
She had her hair done yesterday
Now she's coming out to play

First you pull and then you push
Two in the hand and one in the bush

Oh, my love is
So excited
When I say we've
Been invited
Now we're going
To the palace
Dressing up for
Tea with Alice

Some will rise and some will fall
Some will come to nothing at all
The strangest people have the power
To lead me to my darkest hour

How can you be sure it's me
When it's payment on delivery

Oh, my love is
So excited
When I say we've
Been invited
Now we're going
To the palace
Dressing up for
Tea with Alice
Now my love is
Richer than rich
'Cause I studied
Mathematics
Graduated
Without honours
Everyone has

Gone Bananas

DOIN’ IT TONIGHT
I don't have a problem
I'm not seeking her advice
I'm saving that for later
Yeh, it's something awful nice
I had a shaky feeling
When she floated into sight
I imagine we'll be doing it tonight

I'm ragged round the edges
All these people in the room
There's magic in the air
I'm guessing she can feel it too
Prospective recreation
Helps me keep her in my sight
I imagine we'll be doing it tonight

That's why everybody's sitting around
We can't think of nothing better to do
There's no empty bottle
They're all half full
So we end up spinning a shoe

We keep on going 'til poor old Lenny's
Got drool hanging off of his chin
He can't stop winning
When the shoe stops spinning
But he doesn't know where to begin

She wasn't in the running
She was never in the game
I could see her in the distance
But I could not lay my claim
Let me tell you 'bout this cherry
I never got a single bite
Therefore I imagine we'll be doing it
tonight

CONTACT LOST

(Instrumental)

DEEP PURPLE: Abandon (1998)

1. Any Fule Kno That
2. Almost Human
3. Don't Make Me Happy
4. Seventh Heaven
5. Watching The Sky
6. Fingers To The Bone
7. Jack Ruby
8. She Was
9. Whatsername
10. '69
11. Evil Louie
12. Bludsucker

ANY FULE KNO THAT
If you're in the right city
at the right time
What's the last thing
going through your mind?
Not talking 'bout your ask no
questions, you know it's a lie
You could have been the victim
of a corporate crime
All the signs of a shark attack
you've got rivers of blood
On the streets don't look back
Nothing personal
just another snack
'n Harley said you're better off
sticking to your guns

Any fule kno that

Oh Moronica Queen of the Biz
And her friend Flash Harry thinks
he knows what it is
Tin Pan Alley, Fat Head Larry don't
know shit
Just trying to keep her happy
There's no laughing in Heaven
Not the one not the seven
And you'll never get to heaven
in her row boat
Pea brain pisser
Dog breath kisser
'n Harley said you're better off sticking to your guns

Any fule kno that

Won't it be nice
When everything falls into place?

Salad days go a-trickling by
have a high time
burn money in the meantime
they bleed you dry
Those suckers are
smaller than life
Oh Moronica Queen of the Biz
And her friend Flash Harry thinks
he knows what it is
Tin Pan Alley, Fat Head Larry don't
know shit
I'm better off sticking
to my guns

Any fule kno that

Won't it be nice
When everything falls into place?

Danny went down to
the river one day
Didn't come back
that's the last they say
We ever saw of him that's no lie
Spitting in your eye have no fear
You don't want the truth
stick your finger in your ear

Any fule kno that

ALMOST HUMAN
I know you're the only
one who understands
Afore ye go, before you leave
You always shake my hand
Even when I'm crazy
On fire and naked
Just as Nature intended
No style but easily blended

You always know where
I'll be found
Hanging somewhere
near the ground
Help me up or help me down

Don't want to lose those days
When everything is just a
haze I'm dreaming

I believe I could walk before I
learned to crawl
When I look up
the Devil's looking back
From the mirror on the wall
You can open the door
Got my feet stuck to the floor
I may have lost my way
But I didn't get where I am today

Don't want to lose those days
When everything is just a
haze I'm dreaming
You spin into my empty room
And once again
I'm almost human

Almost human

DON’T MAKE ME HAPPY
You stare into the room
nothing there but space
No sign of any message gone
without a trace
But I don't want your pity if
that's what you think
I'll take my comfort from this
hole I'm sinking in
Waste my time, drink my wine,
take my money
That's alright, I don't mind but
don't try to be funny

Don't make me good
Don't make me mad
Don't make me fly
Don't make me happy

It's nice here in this room you
would like it, yes you would
It's got a bed, two chairs and a
table, I'd leave here if I could
There's a man standing up who's
down on his knees
Outside the cold wind sends a
shiver through the trees
On the line, left behind
under pressure
It's so bad, leave me be, I don't
want to get better

Don't make me good
Don't make me mad
Don't make me fly
Don't make me happy

I don't care what you think
but think about this
It could have been somebody
else, beware of what you wish
Now the door is closed,
locked and sealed
And now you think you know
how rejection feels
Waste my time, drink my wine,
take my money
That's alright, I don't mind but
don't try to be funny

Don't make me good
Don't make me mad
Don't make me fly

Don't make me happy

SEVENTH HEAVEN
I've been to places where
the sun goes down
each day 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

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

Seventh heaven

WATCHING THE SKY
I sit here alone
I sit here alone
I look at the walls
Look at the walls
Look at the walls
I look at the walls

You shouldn't be out on your
own oh no not with
a condition like that
oh no sir constant care
A condition like that
a condition so rare a penny
for the guy a penny for your
thoughts one a penny
two a penny penny in
your pocket ding dong bell, who
can tell Wild Man Fisher
got nothing on me

I sit by the water
I sit by the water
Watch it go by
Clouds going by
I'm watching the sky

I left my luggage at the station
Didn't know how to
say goodbye
I walked away from all the fury
and the madness and the fury
and the madness and the fury
and the madness

I smile to myself
I smile to myself

You're on the blind side I'm on
the other side now I'm on the
outside looking for another side
upside down side I'm still lucid I
may be crazy but I'm not stupid
try to get out the parking lot's
full no matter no matter what's
a man going to do one two

buckle my shoe zip my lip

FINGERS TO THE BONE
Everything went wrong
I'm sorry boys I've got to
let you go
We've had some hard times and
the long rain, it didn't show
Hired hands I've seen them
come and go
but you don't come much better
Today's blue Monday I just got
a bad news letter

This day has come
the darkest cloud on our horizon
My hands are tied down to that
promise note I signed upon
Always been this way
it's the poor man who gets hurt
All you ever work for is to leave
your footprints in the dirt

You work your fingers
to the bone

The deed is done
the fruit will fall
to someone else's hand
That's how the land lies
now we all know where
we stand
You'll have to walk away
don't let them see you running
Today's Blue Monday, I should
have seen it coming

You work your fingers
to the bone

If sweat and tears were
all it took
to make this valley green
We'd be alright but now it's
gone they've taken everything
They say it's just an act of God
And that's the way
ill wind blows
You've got thirty days
to pack your bags
say goodbye, hit the road

You work your fingers to the bone

JACK RUBY
There's no method in
my madness
No craft no guile
No expertise
No self assuring smile
No wizardry or witchcraft
No crass deceit
No dark conspiracies I stand on
my own two feet
I'm coming through
just like Jack Ruby

I'm ragged around the edges
But I got control
There's no way around it
And I got control
I reach out for my program
Still got control
Straight down to business
Who needs control
I've got panache
Just like Jack Ruby

I don't beg forgiveness
I don't beg at all
But I beg to differ
Cos I got the ball
There was no invitation
You're not my type
and what's gone
It ain't worth having
Kiss it all goodbye
Right on the money

Just like Jack Ruby

SHE WAS
She was 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?
Who were you with last night?
Were you thinking of me?
And were 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
She coming my way
I don't know what to say
She coming my way
She fading away
She fading away
And I lay my head down

I lay my head down

WHATSERNAME
Unforgettable face
I can't think of her name
It's on the edge of my tongue
Gathering dust in the
back of my brain
Something 'bout the way
she ignores me
That's vaguely familiar
Makes you wonder what it was
you ever did to thrill her

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here I go again

I never felt the need to soothe
her savage breast
She never felt obliged to tell me
of her change of address
Caught me on a downward swing
but I fell through her arms
How could I be so careless
I never meant to go so far

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here I go again

Oh she's back in town
Oh she's back in town
I'm not leaving I'm running away

She took it all away
Now she's back for the rest
Took it all so easy
Wouldn't settle for less
She doesn't know what
she wants
But she knows how to get it
I can't remember the time
she never let me forget it

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here I go again

Oh Whatsername's back in town
She's back in town
I'm not leaving I'm running away
Oh she's back in town
Oh she's back in town

I'm not leaving I'm running away

‘69
Flying through the night
In a beat up wagon
A mike stand up my jacksy
Give me a beer
And I'll stand on a chair
And slip into something sexy
Black Cat Woolwich
The Tiger's Head
The Cafe des Artistes
The Revolution
And the Bag O' Nails

I'll see you down the Speak'
Your Ma said you slept real good
In your food last night
But you couldn't hold it down
And you broke up
a damn good fight
Ligging at the Old Marquee
Spinning Jack a line
Even he knew better than me
Back in sixty nine

Sixty nine, sixty nine,
Sixty nine, sixty nine

On the road to Paradiso
Back of your head
Got to pay some dues
Rugged looked down
As the Thames swallowed
His life at the Boathouse, Kew
Hot girls, no AC
Cheap TV,
Sleep on the floor
Hallelujah what's a roadie
Hush my baby

Sleep no more

EVIL LOUIE
Some say the state of Texas
Could accommodate the entire
human population
Five point six billion versions of
the truth under one roof
Some revelation
Take a bit of this give a
bit of that
Put it in a blender pull it
out a hat
There's no going back it's a lie
it's a fact
Has the cat got your tongue
Been too long in the sun
There's dust on your tracks
There's no going back

Come to think of it's a
load of monkeys
every time you listen to your
sun kissed lover's words
Evil Louie is tomorrow's sadness
It's a game of madness in a
perfect world

Some would say French cuisine's
more appealing
than a cold drink
burgers and fries
Some have said that a
pillar of society
An upright citizen's incapable of
lust and crime
Tale a bit of this
give a bit of that
Put it in a blender pull
it out a hat
But he don't stand a change
With his pants around his ankles
Has the cat got your tongue
Been too long in the sun
There's dust on your tracks

There's no going back

BLUDSUCKER
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
Oh, no no no

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 a while I really love you so
How's about another sip of all that 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
Oh, no no no

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

Oh, no no no

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

Oh, no no no

Oh, no no no

Oh no

DEEP PURPLE: Purpendicular (1996)

1. Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic
2. Loosen My Strings
3. Soon Forgotten
4. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
5. Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
6. The Aviator
7. Rosa's Cantina
8. A Castle Full Of Rascals
9. A Touch Away
10. Hey Cisco
11. Somebody Stole My Guitar
12. The Purpendicular Waltz
13. Don't Hold Your Breath

VAVOOM: TED THE MECHANIC
Playing pool and drinking beer
Nothin more'n the
occasional tear
But this man's life goes on
and he gets
greased all over
from time to time
At the strip joint, where we met
He said 'Hi, my name is Ted
See that one over there
That ball of thunder
Every time she goes Vavoom,
I wiggle in my chair
Can I buy you a beer?'
What a guy

'I've had a few myself' he said
'But I never quit when I'm ahead
Too many rules and regulations
Stupid laws designed by fools behind closed doors
And another thing I won't discuss is religion
It always causes a fight
Vavoom
There she goes again
'How does she do that?' said Ted

And he told me
of those unjustices (that)
He had suffered in his life
His wife and kids
and boss and dogs
and neighbours
Raising cain and causing strife
They were forever whining
Bleating howling yapping screeching moaning crying
Vavoom
He fed them well
He keep them warm

Thing about Ted
he didn't really care
Nothing much got in his hair
and the beauty of it was
that he was right
He was big as a truck
and fast as a door
(what's that?)
he was always right

The banjo player took a hike
What's that song
I used to like
Vavoom
He was big as a truck
Fast as a door - Ted

Ted the man our Ted

LOOSEN MY STRINGS
Wake up in the morning
Get into bed
closing my eyes
I rest my head

There is no arrangement
No time no place
It's gone in the wind
and left no trace

Who can say,
maybe or whatever.
It's up to you
You know you can trust me
I'll make it up to you

You move with the action
You loosen my strings
Your fingers can smooth out my jangles
and all those things

Grease on the handle
and the tangles in my hair
They always seem to go together

I don't care

SOON FORGOTTEN
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 my friends'

All my dreams are soon 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
Nothings 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 my friends'

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

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

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE SCREAMING
While you were out...
the message says
You left a number
and I tried to call
But they wrote it down
in a perfect Spanish scrawl
in a 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

(The) back street dolls
and the side door johnnies
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
The best laid plans
come apart at the seams
and shatter all my dreams

Sometimes I feel like...
Screaming
close my eyes
It's times like this
my head goes down
and the only thing I know
is the name of this town
is the name of this town

Yet again
I'm missing you
It won't be long
O' coming home
Until that distant time
I'll be moving on
I'll be moving on

(The) back street dolls
and the side door johnnies
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
The best laid plans
come apart at the seams

and shatter all my dreams

CASCADES: I’M NOT YOUR LOVER
You know I'm not your lover now
it might as well be said
and then you say you're leaving
Or maybe I'm just hanging on a thread
When I gave you everything
it didn't seem that much
You gave me your opinion
with the usual heavy handed touch

What can I do
About the rain that falls on you
I'm not your lover now
I'm not your lover now

What can I do
About the rain that falls on you
I'm not your lover now
I'm not your lover now

My head is spinning endlessly
My sense won't react
Then I'm falling through a black hole
Part of me is never coming back

How you can lose a thing
you never really had
And you always hurt the one you love
and you just love to hurt me bad

What can I do
About the rain that falls on you
I'm not your lover now
I'm not your lover now

What can I do
About the sky that falls on you
I'm not your lover

You really must be going now
By god, is that the time?
Let me put you out of my misery
They call it being cruel to be kind
I only insult my friends my friend
The rest can go to hell
You can read it anyway you want
oh well, you're not so bad yourself

What can I do
About the rain that falls on you
I'm not your lover now

I'm not your lover now

THE AVIATOR
Riding on the moonpath
in the silver of the night
The fragrance on the air
was of another time
I cried in all my innocence
you were dressed in white
and even if I'd had the strength
I couldn't move to save my life

The fear and the thrill
of the beast at the window
The shivers and the chills
on the hottest of nights
he walked right through
my open door
As I began to run, he threw
some gold upon the floor, and said
' There's plenty more
where that came from'

I'm tired of the bombs
I'm tired of the bullets
I'm tired of the crazies on TV
I'm the aviator
A dream's a dream whatever it seems

I flew along the lighted street
I flew above the town
I flew in ever rising circles
ever further from the ground
As I begin to lose my breath
printed faxes turn a spin
A distant corner of the room
will open up and let me in

I'm tired of the news
I'm tired of the weather
I'm tired of the same thing every day
I'm the aviator

A dream's a dream whatever they say

ROSA’S CANTINA
Going to Rosa's Cantina
Going to Rosa's Cantina
Hoping that she's still there
Going to Rosa's Cantina

Might have been
the dust in my eyes
the dust in my eyes

Could have been the neon cactus
Lighting up the desert sky
Must have been
the dust in my eyes

Some would call it suicide
Some would call it suicide
I would call it paradise
Some would call it suicide

Dancing on the table
Dancing on the table
Dancing on the table
when she's
drunker than she's able
Dancing on the table

Some would call it suicide
I would call it paradise
Some would call it suicide
Some would call it hell on earth

Is she right is she wrong
Will she sing another song
Wicked as it seems
right now

Rosa wants her baby back
Rosa wants her baby back
Since he's gone she's losing track
Rosa wants her baby back

Careful with that cadillac
Careful with that cadillac

Careful with that cadillac

A CASTLE FULL OF RASCALLS
Nothing here for me today
Garbaggio from the men in grey
Don't do this
You can't do that
What's the point
What 's the matter, anyway

Fat cat's licking cream
Dirty business
hard and mean
Narrow eyes and hungry days
There's got to be a better way

Something here about my face
Somehing make you think
I got time to waste
What you doing
standing here
Why don't you call
someone who cares
Fat cats all the same
Easy answers just a game
Another day nothing changes
There's got to be a better way

A glistening of questioners
Prepared the inquisition
While jackals in the shadows
manoeuvre for position
A fundament of righteous men
A barrow ideals
The carriage of misjustice
Crushes all beneath it's wheels

Conspiracies of silence
Within the temple walls
Graveyards full of promises
Tha no one can recall
A castle full of rascals
A fortress full of thieves
A parliament of silver tongues
That flatter to deceive

Oh my darling Carolina
If you get the chance
to walk behind here
She's so clean
you see no splash
Just the Texas chainsaw massacre
Fat cat's got to go
I'm rockin' and rollin'
from my headache to my toes
She's trying to set the world on fire

Up there in her Ivory tower

A TOUCH AWAY
Mother nature's been good to me
That's why I'm sittin' in this cherry tree
But it's alright, it's alright
It's not so bad
I'm just a touch away

The shady lady
from shady lane
is lying in my bed again
and it's alright
it feels good
It's not so bad
When she's just a touch away

Nothing much
is all I ask
and it's alright, ok yes
Light as a feather, oh yes

Like a rosebud
when the sun is high
She opens up
before my eyes
and the light falls
on her wet skin
It's alright
I'm just a touch away

Nothing much
is all I know
and it's alright, oh yes
Light as a feather,
and just a touch away

Put a finger to her lips again
She cries with pleasure
cries wih pain
and it's alright
It feels good
It's not so bad
We're just a touch away

Nothing much
is all I know
Not too fast
Not too slow
and it's alright
Soft as a feather

and just a touch away

HEY CISCO
Watch him ride into the sunset
He'd have the little fat guy
right along his side
Echoing off the canyon, Hey Cisco
from Pancho 'n' pretty soon
the black sombrero would reply
Hey Pancho what's happening mi amigo
It's getting somewhere near the end,
this winding trail
When we've raced around the corner
for the final dusty time
Mr Renaldo 'n' Carillo's
going to jail

Can't open no more supermarkets
Duncan's sombrero's hanging
up there with his guns
Some cigarro sucking slag
under a cheap Hollywood chandelier
Says 'Cisco, Kid you know
your day is done
Let me know how you are doin'
Mr Renaldo
if you need me I could be
a friend for life
There don't seem any point
...we should throw 'way
all these years
Why don't we saddle up
and ride out one more time

What they doing to my friend
What they doing to my man
Don't matter when
I'll stay to the end
Hey Cisco
Let's go out in style

We're going down together

SOMEBODY STOLE MY GUITAR
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
Ther'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's over

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 included
to buy some cowboy boots
Well it's not that bad
we can talk above the noise'
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

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's 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

and somebody stole my guitar

THE PURPENDICULAR WALTZ
Put your money down
Take your choice
That's the way it is
every time with these boys
and you sense no shame
and you feel no disgrace
Somebody wins
somebody loses
It's a dirty dirty race
oh my life
it's a dog's life

One empty Monday
out of the blue
Took a good luck turn
Started something new
Out of the gutter
Out of the rain
Out of my head
and I'm feeling no pain
oh my life / feeling no pain
take the strain
It's a dog's life

Ducking in the shadows
Diving in the dark
Rolling with the punches
Striking at the heart
Touching all the senses
Breaking those taboos
Bursting at the seams
Blowing all my fuses

The turning of a page
The burning of a book
(If you're) talking out of turn
(It's) just the way you look

When the time is right
But the shape is wrong
and you find yourself
where you don't belong
Back to reality
Back on the line
Back into this and you'll feel no pain
You wanna do it one more time
We can do it once again
Oh my life

It's a dog's life

DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH
One day I'll get home
before the sun hits the blinds
And give you
I'll give you something
to remember me by
Oh, that's the way I am
It's what I got in mind
but I don't know if I can
You gotta shoot your gun
don't expect me to dance
Hold me up to the spotlight but

Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath

These empty pockets
are my deepest friends
Full of nothing
but good intentions
Oh, that's the way it is
It may not be much
but I can blow you a kiss
I've been wrong
I've been wrong once before
I'll be alright tomorrow but

Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath

I may be lazy or a livin' wreck
I won't be swayed by your expectations
Oh, that's the way it is
It may not be much but you know what to kiss
I've been wrong
I've been wrong once before
I'll be alright tomorrow but

Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath
Don't hold your breath

Don't hold your breath