DEEP PURPLE: Whoosh! (2020)

 

1. Throw My Bones

2. Drop the Weapon

3. We're All the Same in the Dark

4. Nothing at All

5. No Need to Shout

6. Step by Step

7. What the What

8. The Long Way Round

9. The Power of the Moon

10. Remission Possible

11. Man Alive

12. And the Address

13. Dancing in My Sleep

THROW MY BONES

I don't know what lies ahead

It's all a mystery man, I heard it said

You do your thing, you do your best

I take a guess at what happen next

All I've got is what I need

And that's enough, as far as I can see

Why should I walk into the great unknown

When I can sit here, and throw my bones?

I hear the future is so divine

But I'll just wait until I get a sign

'Cause what I've got here, what I'm holding in my hand

Is better for me than some promised land

All I've got is what I need

And that's enough, as far as I can see

Why should I walk into the great unknown

When I can sit here, and throw my bones?

What's the rush? Who's to say?

You can't escape tomorrow, it's another day

I'm hanging here, I'm here on solid ground

'Cause heaven's full, or closing down

All I've got is what I need

And that's enough, as far as I can see

Why should I walk into the great unknown

When I can sit here, and throw my bones?

Oh yeah

DROP THE WEAPON

Everybody shouting, working up a sweat

Stepping over lines, you know what happen next

More trouble than anyone can use

It's a predetermined thing, you lose your right to choose

No way to turn it around

You got no more time, no time to calm yourself down

Once you press the button man it's coming to a head

Pretty soon, babe, you'll be a long time dead

Little brother, I'm telling you now

Your pride can take a hit

Little brother, take a deep breath

Cool off, man, forget about it!

Oh, oh, oh

Drop the weapon

Kick it away

Drop your gun

Look the other way

Drop the weapon

Live another day

Drop your blade

Listen to what I say

Who you're trying to impress? You making a bid

To be a big shot brother, but you're just a small kid

Now your reputation got a minor stain

It'll be washed away by tomorrow's rain

Little brother, I'm telling you now

Your pride can take a hit

Little brother, take a deep breath

Cool off, man, forget about it!

Mmh, mmh, mmh

Drop the weapon

Kick it away

Drop your gun

Look the other way

Drop the weapon

Live another day

Drop your blade

Listen to what I say

No sound of silence

Just streets of violence

We're in overload

Wrong side of the road

Oh, San Francisco

Where the Hell did you go?

We have enough of that peace and love

Drop the weapon

Kick it away

Drop your gun

Look the other way

Drop the weapon

Live another day

Drop your blade

Listen to what I say

No sound of silence

Just streets of violence

We're in overload

Wrong side of the road

Oh, San Francisco

Where the Hell did you go?

We have enough of that peace and love

Come and hold my hand

Then we can all stand

And say a prayer to someone out there

Anyone out there

WE'RE ALL THE SAME IN THE DARK

Baby, won't you be my friend?

And love me right until the end?

I don't care what shape you're in

What you've done or where you've been

Yeah

I've got nothing to hide from you

We can sit and talk about the past

We don't need to tell the truth

To tell the truth now

We're all the same in the dark

Baby, won't you be my friend?

And love me right until the end?

I guess we'll never know

What happened down in Mexico

Like what I see, I like the view

We can stay as long as it lasts

There's no difference 'tween me and you

To tell the truth now

We're all the same in the dark

I don't need to see a doctor, no

I know exactly who I am

I'm just like you

Baby, won't you be my friend?

And love me right until the end?

You know that fashion come and fashion go

Melting like the summer snow

I don't know what you see in me

Some would say that we're miles apart

But when everything is said and done

And the lights go down

We're all the same, we're all the same in the dark

NOTHING AT ALL

I'm talking to myself again

And waving to a passing friend

I've know her since I don't know when

Ah, it's nothing at all

Just the few of us walk arm in arm

It's innocent and charming

But the children seem to be getting alarmed

Don't worry kids, it's nothing at all

When I hear about the doom and gloom

That's around the corner and coming soon

I take a sip of mother's ruin

And sit with my back to the wall

It's nothing at all

Nothing at all

And the old lady smiled

It's nothing at all

Then she blew all the leaves off my tree

And the junk that sails our seven seas

Is very nearly up to my knees

But the platitudes and pleasantries

Keep saying it's nothing at all

I'll deal with it on another day

If I close my eyes it'll go away

So bottoms up, boys, and what do you say?

Really, it's nothing at all

It's nothing at all

Nothing at all

And the old lady smiled

It's nothing at all

And the summer passed away

Nothing at all

It's nothing at all

And the old lady smiled

It was nothing at all

Then she blew all the leaves off my tree

NO NEED TO SHOUT

You stand there on your soapbox without fear

Like a chanting wild demented auctioneer

It's just a bunch of crap, ha, you're talking out your hat

And, I don't want you chewing off my ear

(No need to shout)

I'm hearing what you say

(No need to shout)

Just shut your mouth and go away

You preach to the converted, it's insane

We're here already swinging like a train

I can only hope that you won't ram it down my throat

Don't make me swallow it again

(No need to shout)

Alright, I'm hearing what you say

(No need to shout)

No, no, just shut your mouth and go away

Your manifesto, stuffed inside your suitcase

Blah blah blah, you're never wrong

And even when you're stooping, tying up your shoelace

You keep droning on and on and on and on

Ha, I got your message loud and clear

The meaningless is ringing in my ear

Oh, what a bunch of trash you got exuding from your ass

That's not the shit I wanna hear

(No need to shout)

No need to shout, man

I'm hearing what you say

(No need to shout)

No, no, wrap it up

On your way

(No need to shout)

Woo-hoo-hoo

(No need to shout)

No, no, just shut your mouth and go away

STEP BY STEP

Step by step

Rattle through the night

Don't look now

There's no end in sight

Step by step

Moving on through the graveyard shift

No way out

That's the truth 'bout the size of it

Inch by inch

Shuffle through the heat

Stay in time

Don't you miss a beat

Inch by inch

Stay in line, never dance alone

Stand close

Holding on to a bag of bones

Worming your way into my life

Little by little, we're getting too tight

Taking me over and stealing my soul

Oh, oh, stealing my soul

Step by step

Step by step

WHAT THE WHAT

We goin' out tomorrow, gonna do it right

Celebrate the fact that we're still alive

In that case, we better make it tonight

I'll drink for us all and you can drive

My mojo working and I paid my dues

I'm gonna break out my dancing shoes

I'm gonna do what I do best

I'm gonna spend my money till there's nothing left

So bad, I been so bad, I been so bad

What the what happened to you last night?

Every bar in London had an old joanna

And cats who could play rock and roll piano

No-one cared a few teeth gone missing

Everybody got up to sing

Five string guitars, and old skin drums

On a river boat shuffle, bunch a-drunken bums

No way of knowing when the temperature dropped

The moment was hot, there was no time to stop

So bad, we were so bad, we been so bad

What the what happened to you last night?

Long tall Sally and short fat Dave

Arms and legs going every-ways

They didn't care about shape or size

The fever of love was in their eyes

Called every bad name under the sun

They did the same to us, we was just having fun

He went up and she went down

It didn't really matter, they just went to town

So bad, they were so bad, they been so bad

What the what happened to you last night?

I was so bad, I been so bad, I been so bad

What the what happened to you last night?

THE LONG WAY ROUND

You can't get me down

I got the 'Things are looking up' blues

I know it happens

But it never sticks to my shoes

It's been a long time coming

I never thought it would last

I think about the future

Who knows what might have happened in the past

Nothing is real

But it feels pretty good all the same

I know you from somewhere

But I can't remember your name

I don't need much space

But you don't have to step on my toes

I was looking over there

And all the time it was under my nose

Yeah, I should have known

Which way the wind was blowin'

I was facing the wrong way

Always taking the long way round

Never looking the right way

Always going the wrong way

Always taking the long way round

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Never looking the right way

Always going the wrong way

Always taking the long way round

You can reel me in slowly and surely

But there's a catch to this deal

It's not over yet

I get one more spin of the wheel

I promised myself

I would not get trashed again

But the way I'm feeling right now

That promise is going down the drain, yeah

I, I should have known

You were coming and I was gone

I was facing the wrong way

Always taking the long way round

THE POWER OF THE MOON

Who am I to say things may not all be what they seem?

And how can I disturb the facts of life?

And who am I to speak about the fabric of a dream?

And who's to say that dreams cannot be right?

It's the power of the moon

The power

Who am I to talk about the lunacy at hand?

Burnishing the madness in my head

And who am I to mention that before it all began

Everything I heard was never said at all?

It's the power of the moon

The power

Ah, it's a green balloon that travels so benign

On a path that goes along the shoreline

Ah, it's a green balloon that travels so benign

It's the only thing that's keeping me in line

Oh, the tides will rise and then they fall on time

And everything on earth begins to rhyme

REMISSION POSSIBLE

(Instrumental)

MAN ALIVE

(Eye-eye-eye)

(Ooh-ooh)

Sun sets in the west (Ooh-ooh)

Boy has gone to rest (Ooh-ooh)

Mama clutch her breast (Ooh-ooh)

All creatures great and small

Graze on blood-red soil

And grass that grows on city streets

It's been a quiet town

Since the juice went down

Now something's washed up on the beach

A man alive

After some thousands of years

Fewer than the smallest imaginable intake of breath

The wisest guys in the evolution of humanity became extinct

Mother Nature loves a vacuum

And so, the Earth was cleansed

In no time at all

All creatures great and small

Graze on blood-red soil

And grass that grows on city streets

It's been a quiet town

Until the word got round

That something washed up on the beach

A man alive

A man alone

Washed up on the beach

Just a man

Whoosh...

AND THE ADDRESS

(Instrumental)

DANCING IN MY SLEEP

I'm flying through the night

To the rhythm of the street

I don't know what happen, babE

But my blood rise every time we meet

I come alive

I get the feeling

Everything will be alright

Lights are pure magenta

There's something going down

I don't know what happen, babe

I'm in the right place, my feet don't touch the ground

To my surprise

I'm all alone

Dancing in my sleep

Oh yeah, dancing in my sleep

Don't you love my fancy footwork

I ain't no Fred Astaire

I can tap into your life, babe

I can take you anywhere

I come alive

Oh, yes I do

I get the feeling, ah-ha-ah

I come alive, oh-woo-ooh-ooh

When I get the feeling, I'm dancing in my sleep

Dancing in my sleep

I'm dancing in my sleep

I'm dancing in my sleep

DEEP PURPLE: Infinite (2017)

 

1. Time for Bedlam

2. Hip Boots

3. All I Got Is You

4. One Night in Vegas

5. Get Me Outta Here

6. The Surprising

7. Johnny's Band

8. On Top of the World

9. Birds of Prey

10. Roadhouse Blues

TIME FOR BEDLAM

Descending the cold steps of the institution for the politically insane 

Never to be seen again 

Saying farewell to daylight 

From henceforth I shall rot in a stinking bed of wet straw 

Right from the ashes of life I learned to behave 

What to believe, what not to say, from cradle to grave 

Ah, like a good little slave 

Sucking my milk from the venomous tit of the state 

This clearly designed to suppress every thought of escape 

Ah, I surrender to fate 

No pity, no pity 

Don't want no pity for me in this filthy cell 

I'll see you in hell 

See you in hell 

Frozen in time, I'm a specimen pinned to my throne 

With an army of butterflies pilloried placid and prone 

Ah, we were never alone 

No pity, no pity 

Don't want no pity for me in this filthy cell 

I'll see you in hell 

After centuries of living with nothing but my convictions 

Broken fingers clawing through the walls of my incarceration 

Escaping the clutches of eternal damnation 

I was justified

HIP BOOTS

You can bury me up to my knees in shit 

Or anything else, I don't mind one bit 

You think I'm gonna drown but you're wrong 

'Cause man, I got my hip boots on 

Get your ass in the water and swim like me 

It's the only way you're going free 

If you blink an eye I'm down the road and gone 

It's plain to see that I don't belong 

I got my hip boots on 

And it's so cool 

It's beautiful 

Those rusty chains can't tie me down 

'Cause man, I got my hip boots on 

I never give it up 

Tear it up 

Rip it up 

I can't get enough 

Oh yeah 

Oh yeah 

Oh yeah 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah 

Before that shit starts going down 

When I hear the dogs I go to ground 

That's me high steppin' through the swamp 

That's why I got these hip boots on 

I got my hip boots on 

And it's so cool 

It's beautiful 

And it's so cool

ALL I GOT IS YOU

Oh yeah, I see the way you roll your eyes, the way your purse your lips

Throw your stuff into a suitcase, put your hands upon your hips

I'm not moved by your evil glare, the way you toss your hair

You make stupid accusations by which time I've lost the thread

Sometimes I wonder how it is you get to piss me off this much

I may be heavier handed and I like the tender touch

You moan and groan about me staying out and drinking with the guys

I bet I bring them home, try this one for size

Something awfully wrong with this deal babe

Any fool could see it's true

Can't you understand how I feel, babe?

You got me, but all I got is you

I guess I just don't have it in me to keep you satisfied

To be honest with you babe, I'm only in it for the ride

And you may never bring yourself to take me as I am

But in case you hadn't noticed, I don't give a fucking damn!

ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS

Yeah

Ooh, what a night it was, the night I fell apart

I begged a lover not to go away but she went and broke my heart

I found myself in a Vegas bar with a whole new set of friends

Seen through the bottom of an empty glass

Like looking through a fisheye lens

One night in Vegas

It was a morning of revenge for what I did the night before

Which accompanied me to the following day to even up the score

In a stone cold sober mood next afternoon at ten

I found my tongue back in my mouth

I told myself not to drink again

One night in Vegas

I was three sheets to the wind

The three shots did me in

Three angels there above me

As I was lying on the floor

I knew I should have run for the hills

But I still wanted more

I don't remember the chapel but I woke up with a wife

I looked at her, she looked at me and now we're hooked for life

How strange the situation, it's now been thirty years

Since I met that girl in Vegas

Would you believe it, and she's still here

One night in Vegas, oh yeah

I gotta tell you, one night in Vegas

Hey, one night in Vegas

Oh yeah

GET ME OUTTA HERE

Well I'm out of work, out of hope

I got mouths to feed and I'm stony broke

The rum's all gone and I could sure use a smoke

I can't help thinking how it used to be

Everybody danced till a quarter to three

Living on the wild side, getting our kicks

How'd I ever end up in a place like this?

Oh, get me outta here

Somebody get me outta here

Three blind bastards parked on a bench

One said to the other, hey who's your friend?

That's how it started way back when

A shit-load of ways to communicate

One hates love, another loves hate

And now you're gonna tell me there's no end in sight

And next thing you know we're getting ready to fight

Oh yeah, get me outta here

Get me outta here

I got to tell you that I'm feeling rough

Been good to know you but I've had enough

You say pull yourself together and get a grip

You can stick it up your jacksie 'cause I'm jumping ship

Oh yeah, get me out of here

That's it away, oh yeah

Outta here

Adiós, muchachos

Au revoir

Outta here

Auf wiedersehen, my darling

Get me outta here

Auf wiedersehen, mama

See you, suckers

THE SURPRISING

It wasn't quite the curse of Tutankhamen

Or the kiss of death from Judas in the night

And it felt so far beyond the blue horizon

Tempting me with transports of delight

And then the devil took my hand and said

Come along with me

Oh, there I was, wide awake and dreaming

Reaching out for something in the sky

But I could not control that trembling feeling

Everything I want is slipping by

Oh, and the devil took my hand and said

Something you should see

Come along with me

I never knew what happened to my nightmare

Everything went dark that August day

And the eclipse was on the other side of somewhere

But I was on the upside of afraid

And then an angel took my hand and said

Come along with me (Come along with me)

JOHNNY'S BAND

Ooh, Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming

Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan

He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny

Ah, suddenly they had a band

Hey Johnny's Band

He sure knew how to work up a crowd

The sound that they made put the rest in the shade

And the word soon got around

They played every dance hall in the city

Wrote themselves a cool forty-five

With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops

Oh man it was good to be alive

Hail Johnny's Band

Hear them on the radio

Smash after smash now they're rolling in the cash

Whatever they touch turns to gold

Poor old Benny went down with the hard stuff

And Pete joined a cult in LA

Johnny and Bill started going downhill

And the crowds began melting away

Yeah, but hey, it's Johnny's Band

Playing Saturday nights at The Crown

The beards may be long and the money's long gone

It's a wonder that they're still around

But hey, it's Johnny's Band

Playing all those wonderful songs

Making the rounds with that old fashioned sound

And here we are singing along

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Hot summer night, the working girls were on their way back home

It was getting late so I tagged along, couldn't let them walk alone

I followed them up some greasy steps to a rooftop in the sky

No walls around, just a sea of stars, my throat was getting dry

Everyone could feel the heat that's why we all disrobed

Our clothes and inhibitions went off flying 'cross the globe

Dancing crazy, getting loose and closer to the edge

I could feel my blood was up and it was pounding in my head

So there I was, just me and the girls

Under the moonlight on top of the world

Oh yeah, on top of the world

So there I was, just me and the girls

Under the moonlight on top of the world

As things were dying down we retreated from the precipice

I lay beside the most beautiful girl in the universe

Her name was Venus in Heaven

She fed me rice and offered me wine

I accepted ambrosia and nectar

From an amber goddess

I collapsed between the thighs of Morpheus

Next thing I felt was a sharp pain at sunrise

My mouth was open and full of rice

As I managed to prize open one of my eyes

I saw Luigi the cockroach carry off his prize

And there lay Venus still sprawled out and naked for sure

But not quite what she was the night before

I made my excuses and left through the door

Stepped into space at the twentieth floor

And that's why I don't like heights no more

BIRDS OF PREY

Alarm bells ringing clear

Break the calm before the fall

Bad news travels at the speed of flight

Good news not at all

And here we are again

Playing endless games of war

Birds of prey

Without a word of warning

We dive in to attack

Vengeful and self-righteous

We turn the blue sky black

And a wretched few escape

They'll be forever looking back

At our sacrifice

And the golden sun is rising

At the dawn of a beautiful day

In the name of all that's holy

In the name of history

In the face of life and nature

We are driven by belief

Our faith a crumbling fortress

Once perfect and sublime

Will fail again and rise again

Until the death

Until the death of time

ROADHOUSE BLUES

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

Hmm, keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse

We're gonna have a real good time, oh yeah

Back at the roadhouse, some bungalows

Well, back at the roadhouse they got some bungalows

And that's for the people

Who like to go down slow

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, yeah, all night long

Hey, Stevie!

What's up?

Oh, ashen lady, hmm, ashen lady

You gotta give up your vows, said you gotta give up your vows

You got to save our city

You got to save our city

Right now, baby, right now

I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer

I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer

The future's uncertain and the end is always near

Well, let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

All night long

Let it roll, roll, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

You gotta eat your bone

Eat your bean

You got a gunky tune

You got a honky-tonk

You gotta linger on

Linger on a ling

You gotta ease back

You gotta ease back