DEEP PURPLE: "Now What" (2013)

1. A Simple Song

2. Weirdistan

3. Out Of Hand

4. Hell To Pay

5. Body Line

6. Above And Beyond

7. Blood From A Stone

8. Uncommon Man

9. Après Vous

10. All The Time In The World

11. Vincent Price

12. It'll Be Me

A SIMPLE SONG

Time, it does not matter

But time is all we have

To think about, think about

Road, it has no end

Crossroads every turn

So it goes, so it goes

Once you sang

A simple song

Got confused

Went on too long

Why does the promise fade

You lie on the bed you make

Stranger than fiction

Further from the truth

Beyond imagination

Those seeds have taken root

Wild as a dream could be

From black and white

To blue and red

Golden circles

Flow above your head

Once you sang

A simple song

You got confused

And now it’s gone, ahhhhh!

Once you sang

A simple song

It all went wrong

Time, it does not matter

Time is all we have

WEIRDISTAN

We travel through time and meet on a stretch of sand

Yo're from up north and I live in wonderland

Dear neighbour of mine we're centuries, light years apart

You carry no flame but you're visible in the dark

Way across the border all those people waving flags

Sending me encouragement but I can't move

Something holds me back

The man in the moon is looking the other way

And while he's distracted we turn to another page

No questions of guilt, it seems like we're just out of sync

You do what you will and I'll do what I think

Imagine when you wake up, scratch your head and everything's changed

Nothing's where you left it, your normality's been rearranged

It's beautiful

Oh yes, it's beautiful

Leave our skin as we merge into one

It’s beautiful

Oh yes, it's beautiful

It's beautiful

Beautiful

Oh yes, it's beautiful

Beautiful

OUT OF HAND

Shiny silver faces, coloured paper falling into their hands

Never to be seen again it must have been a one night stand

Up until the dawn I could have sworn that everything was alright

Thieving bastards stole my life and legged it off into the night, yeah

It's a dirty business it's a dirty game

Everybody different but they're all the same

They draw you in you hear a siren call

Build you up so they can see you fall

You've seen it all before

Been there since time began

You know what's coming next

Everything gets out of hand

They've got the lot and god knows what they think that they deserve even more

Psychopathic tendencies, they've got a lot to answer for

Scratch my back and I'll stab yours, no wonder it's a universall sickness

Who are they, you well might ask, come with me and you can be my witness

It's a dirty business it's a crying shame

You blink your eye and all the laws have changed

They draw you in you hear a siren call

Build you up so they can see you fall

You've seen it all before

Been there since time began

You know what's coming next

Everything gets out of hand

It's a dirty business it's crying shame

You blink your eye and all the laws have changed

They say the vulture is a bird of prey

No-one told me it would come this way

You’ve seen it all before

Been there since time began

You know what's coming next

Everything, everything gets out of hand

HELL TO PAY

Take pity on Two-tone Eddie his hair was never right

He used to be cool with a glint in his eyes but he lost it overnight

Spinning world is changing, things are rearranging but Eddie says to me

Nothing wrong with the way it was that's the way it's meant to be

Up the revolution we're all prepared to die

Up the revolution that was the battle cry

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

Eddie was a died-hard rebel in the good old days of way back when

A cigarette was cool and all the kids in school could read and count to ten

Everyone said he had a future bright of that there was no doubt

He never could make us understand what the rebellion was all about

Up the revolution we're all prepared to die

Up the revolution that was the battle cry

There's gonna be Hell, yeah, Hell to pay

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

Two-tone Eddie drew up battle plans for making love not war

Everybody laughed at the fighting in the streets from behind a guarded door

It came to nothing when it all went down and the band began to play

Another plan put your head in the sand live to fight another day

Up the revolution we're all prepared to die

Up the revolution that was the battle cry

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

There's gonna be Hell, Hell to pay

There's gonna be Hell

BODY LINE

I’ve been watching you dancing all night long

Your legs go on forever

Exquisite synchronicity but they never stay together

My head’s spinning, keeping focus on my whirling dervish

I don’t know who you are but I’m enslaved and at your service

It’s your body line

A moving silhouette

It’s your body line

When you do that pirouette

Your body line

Clearly defined

It’s your body line

A perfect outline, so divine

Chilling at the fire-pit lost in a haze of smok my eyes are popping

Back-light shines through your gossamer gown no wonder my jaw is dropping

Groping in the dark for any excuse forgive me tihs intrusion

No everything fine just as it is

Wouldn’t wanna be disillusioned

It’s your body line

So heavenly enshrined

It’s your body line

My oh my, oh my, oh my

Your body line

A perfect outline, so divine

Your body line

Animal attraction

Well bring me to your knees

ISensual distraction

Is what I need

It’s your body line

A moving silhouette

It’s your body line

When you do that pirouette

Your body line

Clearly defined

It’s your body line, your body line

A perfect outline, so divine

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Light up a candle

Start one for me

Let it float on the water

Right down to the sea

Draw back your curtain

Wave me goodbye

Lift up your arms

And look up to the sky

To the sky

Start me a candle

And keep it alight

Put it there in the window

And I’ll come back tonight

Touch me in the darkness

I’ll send you sign

Give me your loving

And I’ll give you mine

I may be leaving

But I won’t be gone

I’ll be there when you want me

Above and beyond

Nothing I can tell you

It’s all up to you

I’ll be here if you need me

Am I getting through

Rest on your sadness

And tomorrow we’ll find

That souls, having touched

Are forever entwined

I may be leaving

But not for too long

I’ll be there when you want me

Above and beyond

Yes, I may be leaving

But not for too long

I’ll be there when you want me

Above and beyond

BLOOD FROM A STONE

There’s shadow of the hole where my door used to be

You never give up, you want more out of me

Come on in, help yourself

Scratch around look at these empty shelves

Nothing left then I can see except a string of beads and some old potpourri

You rip fresh from the bone

You suck blood from a stone

I will consider a life of crime

So I can feed these kids of mine

And should I fall down, should I fail

I’ll spend the rest of my days in some stinking jail

I would know who left me empty inside

Stripped of my dignity low and dry

You rip fresh from the bone

You suck blood from a stone

Uuuh, you left me nothing

Ahhhh, but I don’t care

You robbed me blind without a gun

How can you sleep after what you’ve done?

There’s nothing but darkness deep in your soul

There’s no reflection, it’s dark and it’s cold

You rip fresh from a bone

You suck blood from a stone

You rip fresh from the bone

You suck blood from a stone

UNCOMMON MAN

Things fall together in time

Who said you can't have it all

The beast in the room

Heavy king of the feeling

It's got to be twenty foot tall

But the man is standing high

Oh, oh, oh, it's good to be king

Standing together again

Everyone's starting to sway

Up on a hill

Close to the sky

Oh it's fabulous day

And the man is walking tall

Oh, oh, oh it's good to be king

Oh, it's good to be king

Bow your head, the carriage is waiting to take you away

Remember the feeling

Remember the day

Believe what you're seeing

As the ladies-in-waiting drift away

It's good to be king

Ah it's good to be king

It's good to be king

Yes it's good to be king

APRÈS VOUS

Should’ve been there to start the game

To witness what we said

Me, Steve and the usual bow bout the awesome night ahead

Well that was the plan you understand the prospect for our mission

Nothing could possibly go awry til we lost out inhibition

Then we hit the red lights

And the Michelin girls

Another life

Another world

While you go ahead, I’ll quench my thirst

Après vous, you saw her first

Things got looser as they tend to do

More liquefied confusion

As we displayed our skills of romance

In the art of self-delusion

We were the chosen few and our confidence grew

Depends on where you’re standing

Despite what you think

It’s only a blink between take off and landing

Red lights

And Michelin girls

Another life

Another world

While you go ahead, I’ll quench my thirst

Après vous, you saw her first

Uh, come on man

Fill your boots

It’s a bust, so what can you do?

Yes I know that she wants me too

But I can’t jump the queue so après vous

While you go ahead, I’ll quench my thirst

Après vous!

ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD

There's still a long way to go

And the nights are closing in

But if I'd travelled any faster babe

Lord knows where I might have been

Right from those early days

I put my faith in the axle not the wheels

Like old Zeno's toytus

with Achilles snapping at my heels

Don't worry

There's no hurry

Here we are

With all the time in the world

I could have been a high-flying dealer

But I have no desire for speed

I could have been a wild receiver

But I've got everything I need

And so I watched the world

Go racing by tearing up the street

I lay back in the long grass

Take it easy and rest my feet

Don't worry

You know, there's no hurry

Here we are

With all the time in the world

No-one ever held me back

You know that no-one ever put me in chains

No-one ever saw me racing ahead

No-one had to tug on my reins

As everybody knows

I may be slow but I never quit

Sometimes on a good day I sit and think

Sometimes I just sit

Don't worry

Relax, there's no hurry

Here we are

With all the time in the world

Don't worry

Relax, there's no hurry

Here we are

With all the time in the world

VINCENT PRICE

Lightning flashing on a heavy iron gate

Scares me to death but I just can't wait

Deep in the dungeon there's a rattling of chains

Mad Dr. Phibes gonna eat my brains

It feels so good to be afraid

Vincent price is back again

Heart pumping louder

The music's out of time

The vampire's dying

He's got to have wine

Red blood dripping, she doesn't have a prayer

I know it's not real but I just don't care

It feels so good to be afraid

Vincent price is back again

I want seven screaming virgins on a sacrificial altar

Howling dogs, creaking doors and zombies to die for

IT'LL BE ME

Well if you hear somebody knocking on your door

See something crawling across the floor

Baby it’ll be me, oh

I’ll be looking for you

If you find a new love and it shouldn’t fall

If you see somebody climbing up a thirty grand pole

Baby it’ll be me

I’ll be looking for you

I’m gonna look on a mountain

And in the deep blue sea

Gonna search all the forests

And look in every tree

If you feel something heavy on your fishing hook

If you see finally facing a comic book

Baby it’ll be me

I’ll be looking for you

I’m gonna look in the city

Where the lights are blue

I’m gonna search the country side

And I’m a hear your steps too

Well if you see somebody looking in all the cars

If you see a ride that you’re going way to Mars

Baby it’ll be me

I’ll be looking for you

I’ll be looking for you

I’ll be looking for you

I’ll be looking for you